Alaska vs Iowa
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 Iowa 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.
MeasureAlaskaIowa
Home price$400,659$241,255
Rent paid$1,397$957
Cost of living124.989.7
Income$95,665$75,501
Property tax0.94%1.33%
Income tax0.00%3.80%
Sales tax1.82%6.94%
Electric bill$157$119
Temperature36.4°F50.4°F
Snowfall46.0 in26.3 in
Precipitation43.6 in34.1 in
Students per teacher19.214.4
Bachelor's or higher32.8%32.1%
Crime rate724243
Commute19.8 min20.4 min
Unemployment4.4%3.2%
Population change+0.5%+1.5%
Wildfire risk74.445.3
Flood risk18.862.6
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.