Alabama vs Wyoming
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 Wyoming 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.
MeasureAlabamaWyoming
Home price$241,517$372,526
Rent paid$1,008$1,010
Cost of living88.693.7
Income$66,659$75,532
Property tax0.37%0.53%
Income tax5.00%0.00%
Sales tax9.46%5.39%
Electric bill$185$115
Temperature64.2°F45.1°F
Snowfall2.0 in44.9 in
Precipitation52.3 in15.9 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.212.5
Bachelor's or higher29.9%32.3%
Crime rate360203
Commute26.0 min19.7 min
Unemployment3.2%3.2%
Population change+3.3%+2.1%
Wildfire risk62.586.6
Flood risk83.354.1
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.