Alaska vs Kansas
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 Kansas 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.
MeasureAlaskaKansas
Home price$400,659$252,794
Rent paid$1,397$1,051
Cost of living124.988.8
Income$95,665$75,514
Property tax0.94%1.21%
Income tax0.00%5.58%
Sales tax1.82%8.71%
Electric bill$157$131
Temperature36.4°F56.7°F
Snowfall46.0 in17.2 in
Precipitation43.6 in33.5 in
Students per teacher19.213.6
Bachelor's or higher32.8%36.0%
Crime rate724439
Commute19.8 min20.0 min
Unemployment4.4%3.8%
Population change+0.5%+1.3%
Wildfire risk74.470.0
Flood risk18.869.4
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.