Alaska vs Indiana
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 Indiana on 8, 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.
MeasureAlaskaIndiana
Home price$400,659$262,265
Rent paid$1,397$1,063
Cost of living124.991
Income$95,665$71,959
Property tax0.94%0.76%
Income tax0.00%2.95%
Sales tax1.82%7.00%
Electric bill$157$160
Temperature36.4°F52.6°F
Snowfall46.0 in26.8 in
Precipitation43.6 in38.0 in
Students per teacher19.215.5
Bachelor's or higher32.8%30.7%
Crime rate724313
Commute19.8 min24.6 min
Unemployment4.4%3.3%
Population change+0.5%+2.8%
Wildfire risk74.424.6
Flood risk18.875.8
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.