Alaska vs Arkansas
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 5 of them and Arkansas on 9, 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.
MeasureAlaskaArkansas
Home price$400,659$228,662
Rent paid$1,397$938
Cost of living124.989.6
Income$95,665$62,106
Property tax0.94%0.56%
Income tax0.00%3.90%
Sales tax1.82%9.48%
Electric bill$157$139
Temperature36.4°F62.2°F
Snowfall46.0 in6.8 in
Precipitation43.6 in52.1 in
Students per teacher19.212.6
Bachelor's or higher32.8%27.1%
Crime rate724579
Commute19.8 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.4%4.1%
Population change+0.5%+3.4%
Wildfire risk74.464.7
Flood risk18.872.3
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.