Alabama vs Oklahoma
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 Oklahoma 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.
MeasureAlabamaOklahoma
Home price$241,517$225,437
Rent paid$1,008$1,002
Cost of living88.686
Income$66,659$66,148
Property tax0.37%0.79%
Income tax5.00%4.50%
Sales tax9.46%9.06%
Electric bill$185$141
Temperature64.2°F61.9°F
Snowfall2.0 in4.4 in
Precipitation52.3 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.62 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.216.3
Bachelor's or higher29.9%29.3%
Crime rate360423
Commute26.0 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.2%4.2%
Population change+3.3%+4.1%
Wildfire risk62.586.9
Flood risk83.376.7
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.