Alaska vs Illinois
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 Illinois 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.
MeasureAlaskaIllinois
Home price$400,659$298,871
Rent paid$1,397$1,292
Cost of living124.994.7
Income$95,665$83,211
Property tax0.94%1.88%
Income tax0.00%4.95%
Sales tax1.82%8.98%
Electric bill$157$134
Temperature36.4°F52°F
Snowfall46.0 in25.4 in
Precipitation43.6 in30.8 in
Students per teacher19.213.8
Bachelor's or higher32.8%39.2%
Crime rate724289
Commute19.8 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.4%5.1%
Population change+0.5%-0.8%
Wildfire risk74.437.3
Flood risk18.890.0
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.