Alabama vs Washington
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 11 of them and Washington on 4, 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.
MeasureAlabamaWashington
Home price$241,517$603,303
Rent paid$1,008$1,712
Cost of living88.6114.1
Income$66,659$99,389
Property tax0.37%0.75%
Income tax5.00%0.00%
Sales tax9.46%9.57%
Electric bill$185$130
Temperature64.2°F50°F
Snowfall2.0 in5.4 in
Precipitation52.3 in56.5 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.218.3
Bachelor's or higher29.9%41.0%
Crime rate360326
Commute26.0 min27.2 min
Unemployment3.2%5.2%
Population change+3.3%+3.8%
Wildfire risk62.574.2
Flood risk83.391.4
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.