Alabama vs New York
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Alabama comes out ahead on 10 of them and New York on 5, but that tally is not a recommendation: it weighs a difference in class size the same as a difference in house price. Read the rows that matter to you.
MeasureAlabamaNew York
Home price$241,517$525,947
Rent paid$1,008$1,671
Cost of living88.6125.1
Income$66,659$85,820
Property tax0.37%1.30%
Income tax5.00%10.90%
Sales tax9.46%8.54%
Electric bill$185$164
Temperature64.2°F52.4°F
Snowfall2.0 in39.2 in
Precipitation52.3 in37.2 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.88 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.211.6
Bachelor's or higher29.9%41.2%
Crime rate360380
Commute26.0 min33.2 min
Unemployment3.2%4.6%
Population change+3.3%-1.0%
Wildfire risk62.534.8
Flood risk83.394.6
Bold marks the better figure where a measure has a better direction. Weather, snowfall and rainfall are shown plain, because warmer is not better — it is a preference.