Alaska vs Florida
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 8 of them and Florida 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.
MeasureAlaskaFlorida
Home price$400,659$378,126
Rent paid$1,397$1,644
Cost of living124.9102.2
Income$95,665$77,735
Property tax0.94%0.78%
Income tax0.00%0.00%
Sales tax1.82%6.98%
Electric bill$157$169
Temperature36.4°F74°F
Snowfall46.0 in0.2 in
Precipitation43.6 in43.3 in
Students per teacher19.218.5
Bachelor's or higher32.8%35.8%
Crime rate724267
Commute19.8 min28.9 min
Unemployment4.4%4.7%
Population change+0.5%+8.9%
Wildfire risk74.492.8
Flood risk18.893.1
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.