Alaska vs Connecticut
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 9 of them and Connecticut on 5, 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.
MeasureAlaskaConnecticut
Home price$400,659$455,424
Rent paid$1,397$1,537
Cost of living124.9112.7
Income$95,665$96,049
Property tax0.94%1.54%
Income tax0.00%6.99%
Sales tax1.82%6.35%
Electric bill$157$204
Temperature36.4°F51.3°F
Snowfall46.0 in25.9 in
Precipitation43.6 in42.5 in
Students per teacher19.212.3
Bachelor's or higher32.8%42.6%
Crime rate724136
Commute19.8 min27.0 min
Unemployment4.4%5.2%
Population change+0.5%+2.2%
Wildfire risk74.445.0
Flood risk18.895.8
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.