Alaska vs District of Columbia
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 District of Columbia 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.
MeasureAlaskaDistrict of Columbia
Home price$400,659$579,332
Rent paid$1,397$1,954
Cost of living124.9138.8
Income$95,665$109,707
Property tax0.94%0.61%
Income tax0.00%10.75%
Sales tax1.82%6.00%
Electric bill$157$152
Snowfall46.0 in10.2 in
Precipitation43.6 in39.7 in
Students per teacher19.211.0
Bachelor's or higher32.8%65.5%
Crime rate7241,006
Commute19.8 min31.0 min
Unemployment4.4%6.0%
Population change+0.5%+0.6%
Wildfire risk74.426.2
Flood risk18.897.4
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.