Alaska vs Alabama
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Alaska comes out ahead on 6 of them and Alabama 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.
MeasureAlaskaAlabama
Home price$400,659$241,517
Rent paid$1,397$1,008
Cost of living124.988.6
Income$95,665$66,659
Property tax0.94%0.37%
Income tax0.00%5.00%
Sales tax1.82%9.46%
Electric bill$157$185
Temperature36.4°F64.2°F
Snowfall46.0 in2.0 in
Precipitation43.6 in52.3 in
Students per teacher19.217.2
Bachelor's or higher32.8%29.9%
Crime rate724360
Commute19.8 min26.0 min
Unemployment4.4%3.2%
Population change+0.5%+3.3%
Wildfire risk74.462.5
Flood risk18.883.3
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.