Alabama vs Vermont
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 6 of them and Vermont on 9, 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.
MeasureAlabamaVermont
Home price$241,517$402,017
Rent paid$1,008$1,239
Cost of living88.6113.6
Income$66,659$82,730
Property tax0.37%1.51%
Income tax5.00%8.75%
Sales tax9.46%6.43%
Electric bill$185$141
Temperature64.2°F44.3°F
Snowfall2.0 in97.9 in
Precipitation52.3 in42.4 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.211.5
Bachelor's or higher29.9%45.1%
Crime rate360219
Commute26.0 min23.9 min
Unemployment3.2%2.6%
Population change+3.3%+0.2%
Wildfire risk62.521.0
Flood risk83.364.8
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.