Alabama vs Tennessee
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 Tennessee 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.
MeasureAlabamaTennessee
Home price$241,517$338,769
Rent paid$1,008$1,171
Cost of living88.690.3
Income$66,659$71,997
Property tax0.37%0.52%
Income tax5.00%0.00%
Sales tax9.46%9.61%
Electric bill$185$163
Temperature64.2°F60.1°F
Snowfall2.0 in4.8 in
Precipitation52.3 in53.3 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher29.9%32.4%
Crime rate360592
Commute26.0 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.2%3.5%
Population change+3.3%+5.8%
Wildfire risk62.548.1
Flood risk83.376.4
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.