Alaska vs Colorado
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 7 of them and Colorado on 7, 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.
MeasureAlaskaColorado
Home price$400,659$543,435
Rent paid$1,397$1,727
Cost of living124.9102.7
Income$95,665$97,113
Property tax0.94%0.50%
Income tax0.00%4.40%
Sales tax1.82%7.89%
Electric bill$157$109
Temperature36.4°F49.7°F
Snowfall46.0 in39.1 in
Precipitation43.6 in15.8 in
Students per teacher19.216.6
Bachelor's or higher32.8%47.8%
Crime rate724476
Commute19.8 min25.7 min
Unemployment4.4%3.9%
Population change+0.5%+4.1%
Wildfire risk74.486.9
Flood risk18.885.4
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.