Alaska vs Idaho
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 Idaho 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.
MeasureAlaskaIdaho
Home price$400,659$482,199
Rent paid$1,397$1,251
Cost of living124.999.9
Income$95,665$81,166
Property tax0.94%0.50%
Income tax0.00%5.30%
Sales tax1.82%6.03%
Electric bill$157$112
Temperature36.4°F50.2°F
Snowfall46.0 in17.8 in
Precipitation43.6 in17.4 in
Students per teacher19.218.4
Bachelor's or higher32.8%33.0%
Crime rate724231
Commute19.8 min22.2 min
Unemployment4.4%3.7%
Population change+0.5%+10.4%
Wildfire risk74.490.4
Flood risk18.869.5
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.