Alabama vs North Dakota
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 5 of them and North Dakota on 10, 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 Dakota
Home price$241,517$293,556
Rent paid$1,008$931
Cost of living88.691.4
Income$66,659$77,871
Property tax0.37%0.92%
Income tax5.00%2.50%
Sales tax9.46%7.09%
Electric bill$185$133
Temperature64.2°F42.4°F
Snowfall2.0 in23.0 in
Precipitation52.3 in20.1 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.211.7
Bachelor's or higher29.9%34.0%
Crime rate360254
Commute26.0 min17.5 min
Unemployment3.2%2.3%
Population change+3.3%+2.6%
Wildfire risk62.565.1
Flood risk83.349.2
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.