Alabama vs North Carolina
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 8 of them and North Carolina on 7, 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.
MeasureAlabamaNorth Carolina
Home price$241,517$340,430
Rent paid$1,008$1,215
Cost of living88.697.8
Income$66,659$73,958
Property tax0.37%0.66%
Income tax5.00%3.99%
Sales tax9.46%7.10%
Electric bill$185$151
Temperature64.2°F60.3°F
Snowfall2.0 in2.3 in
Precipitation52.3 in42.5 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.216.4
Bachelor's or higher29.9%37.1%
Crime rate360376
Commute26.0 min25.7 min
Unemployment3.2%3.6%
Population change+3.3%+7.2%
Wildfire risk62.553.8
Flood risk83.384.6
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.