Alaska vs Georgia

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 6 of them and Georgia 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.

MeasureAlaskaGeorgia
Home price$400,659$335,358
Rent paid$1,397$1,397
Cost of living124.992.5
Income$95,665$79,991
Property tax0.94%0.79%
Income tax0.00%5.19%
Sales tax1.82%7.56%
Electric bill$157$161
Temperature36.4°F63.5°F
Snowfall46.0 in1.0 in
Precipitation43.6 in45.8 in
Students per teacher19.214.4
Bachelor's or higher32.8%36.3%
Crime rate724326
Commute19.8 min29.4 min
Unemployment4.4%3.4%
Population change+0.5%+5.5%
Wildfire risk74.453.4
Flood risk18.874.9

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.

Alaska in fullGeorgia in fullAll rankings