Alabama vs Wisconsin
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 Wisconsin 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.
MeasureAlabamaWisconsin
Home price$241,517$342,279
Rent paid$1,008$1,071
Cost of living88.697.7
Income$66,659$77,488
Property tax0.37%1.32%
Income tax5.00%7.65%
Sales tax9.46%5.72%
Electric bill$185$124
Temperature64.2°F46.7°F
Snowfall2.0 in40.1 in
Precipitation52.3 in32.1 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.213.9
Bachelor's or higher29.9%34.6%
Crime rate360279
Commute26.0 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.2%3.3%
Population change+3.3%+1.3%
Wildfire risk62.534.9
Flood risk83.378.5
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.