Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Alabama instead of Kentucky, you would:
Economy
be 34.3% less likely to be unemployed
In Kentucky, 3.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2025. In Alabama, that number is 2.3% as of 2025.
Safety
be 80.3% more likely to be a victim of violent crime
Kentucky has a violent crime rate of 220 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Alabama, that number is 397 per 100,000 as of 2023.
Lifestyle
live in an area that is 12.0% less densely populated
Kentucky has a population density of 44.2 people per sq km as of 2023. In Alabama, that number is 38.9 people per sq km as of 2023.
commute 1.4 minutes longer
The average one-way commute in Kentucky takes 24.0 minutes as of 2023. In Alabama, it takes 25.4 minutes as of 2023.
be 57.9% more likely to be uninsured
In Kentucky, 5.7% of the population is without health insurance as of 2023. In Alabama, that number is 9.0% as of 2023.
be 12.0% less likely to have a foreign-born neighbor
In Kentucky, 2.5% of the population was born outside the US as of 2023. In Alabama, that number is 2.2% as of 2023.
be 14.3% more likely to be food insecure
In Kentucky, 12.6% of the population is food insecure as of 2021. In Alabama, that number is 14.4% as of 2021.
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.
