Alabama vs Rhode Island
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 9 of them and Rhode Island on 6, 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.
MeasureAlabamaRhode Island
Home price$241,517$517,078
Rent paid$1,008$1,357
Cost of living88.6110.6
Income$66,659$83,504
Property tax0.37%1.12%
Income tax5.00%5.99%
Sales tax9.46%7.00%
Electric bill$185$166
Temperature64.2°F50.9°F
Snowfall2.0 in18.9 in
Precipitation52.3 in45.6 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.213.0
Bachelor's or higher29.9%39.0%
Crime rate360154
Commute26.0 min26.3 min
Unemployment3.2%4.1%
Population change+3.3%+1.6%
Wildfire risk62.526.4
Flood risk83.385.5
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.