Alabama vs Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania 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.
MeasureAlabamaPennsylvania
Home price$241,517$294,099
Rent paid$1,008$1,224
Cost of living88.697.2
Income$66,659$77,545
Property tax0.37%1.26%
Income tax5.00%3.07%
Sales tax9.46%6.34%
Electric bill$185$173
Temperature64.2°F52°F
Snowfall2.0 in21.7 in
Precipitation52.3 in39.6 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.213.5
Bachelor's or higher29.9%36.4%
Crime rate360246
Commute26.0 min27.1 min
Unemployment3.2%4.1%
Population change+3.3%+0.4%
Wildfire risk62.538.7
Flood risk83.392.3
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.