Alabama vs West Virginia
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 5 of them and West Virginia on 10, 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.
MeasureAlabamaWest Virginia
Home price$241,517$182,704
Rent paid$1,008$868
Cost of living88.688.3
Income$66,659$60,798
Property tax0.37%0.51%
Income tax5.00%4.82%
Sales tax9.46%6.60%
Electric bill$185$167
Temperature64.2°F53.9°F
Snowfall2.0 in22.9 in
Precipitation52.3 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.213.7
Bachelor's or higher29.9%24.4%
Crime rate360249
Commute26.0 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.2%4.2%
Population change+3.3%-1.5%
Wildfire risk62.541.2
Flood risk83.379.2
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.