Alabama vs Texas
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 Texas 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.
MeasureAlabamaTexas
Home price$241,517$302,999
Rent paid$1,008$1,386
Cost of living88.692.1
Income$66,659$79,721
Property tax0.37%1.40%
Income tax5.00%0.00%
Sales tax9.46%8.20%
Electric bill$185$174
Temperature64.2°F69.7°F
Snowfall2.0 in1.0 in
Precipitation52.3 in33.1 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.215.1
Bachelor's or higher29.9%35.2%
Crime rate360389
Commute26.0 min27.5 min
Unemployment3.2%4.4%
Population change+3.3%+8.8%
Wildfire risk62.583.5
Flood risk83.389.2
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.