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 the labor force is 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.
Sources: US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (2023), OECD Regional Demography (2023), Feeding America (2021). How we calculate this
