Alabama vs Utah
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 7 of them and Utah on 8, 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.
MeasureAlabamaUtah
Home price$241,517$541,692
Rent paid$1,008$1,489
Cost of living88.6102.2
Income$66,659$96,658
Property tax0.37%0.48%
Income tax5.00%4.50%
Sales tax9.46%7.42%
Electric bill$185$102
Temperature64.2°F51.6°F
Snowfall2.0 in65.6 in
Precipitation52.3 in17.3 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.221.9
Bachelor's or higher29.9%39.1%
Crime rate360230
Commute26.0 min23.2 min
Unemployment3.2%3.6%
Population change+3.3%+8.2%
Wildfire risk62.595.3
Flood risk83.374.6
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.