Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Kentucky instead of Alabama, you would:
Economy
be 52.2% more likely to be unemployed
In Alabama, 2.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2025. In Kentucky, that number is 3.5% as of 2025.
Safety
be 44.5% less likely to be a victim of violent crime
Alabama has a violent crime rate of 397 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Kentucky, that number is 220 per 100,000 as of 2023.
Lifestyle
commute 1.4 minutes less
The average one-way commute in Alabama takes 25.4 minutes as of 2023. In Kentucky, it takes 24.0 minutes as of 2023.
be 36.7% less likely to be uninsured
In Alabama, 9.0% of the population is without health insurance as of 2023. In Kentucky, that number is 5.7% as of 2023.
be 13.6% more likely to have a foreign-born neighbor
In Alabama, 2.2% of the population was born outside the US as of 2023. In Kentucky, that number is 2.5% as of 2023.
be 12.5% less likely to be food insecure
In Alabama, 14.4% of the population is food insecure as of 2021. In Kentucky, that number is 12.6% as of 2021.
live in an area that is 13.6% more densely populated
Alabama has a population density of 38.9 people per sq km as of 2023. In Kentucky, that number is 44.2 people per sq km as of 2023.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Feeding America, OECD Regional Demography, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), FBI Uniform Crime Reporting.
