Alabama vs Ohio
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 Ohio 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.
MeasureAlabamaOhio
Home price$241,517$251,502
Rent paid$1,008$1,030
Cost of living88.694.3
Income$66,659$72,212
Property tax0.37%1.36%
Income tax5.00%2.75%
Sales tax9.46%7.29%
Electric bill$185$158
Temperature64.2°F52°F
Snowfall2.0 in25.7 in
Precipitation52.3 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.217.3
Bachelor's or higher29.9%32.4%
Crime rate360294
Commute26.0 min23.8 min
Unemployment3.2%3.6%
Population change+3.3%+0.9%
Wildfire risk62.536.7
Flood risk83.384.9
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.