Alabama vs Oregon
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 Oregon 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.
MeasureAlabamaOregon
Home price$241,517$504,432
Rent paid$1,008$1,497
Cost of living88.6111.8
Income$66,659$85,220
Property tax0.37%0.81%
Income tax5.00%9.90%
Sales tax9.46%0.00%
Electric bill$185$132
Temperature64.2°F51.9°F
Snowfall2.0 in9.0 in
Precipitation52.3 in50.9 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.84 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.218.4
Bachelor's or higher29.9%37.8%
Crime rate360331
Commute26.0 min23.2 min
Unemployment3.2%5.2%
Population change+3.3%+0.9%
Wildfire risk62.570.7
Flood risk83.387.9
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.