Alaska vs Kentucky
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 Kentucky 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.
MeasureAlaskaKentucky
Home price$400,659$235,363
Rent paid$1,397$957
Cost of living124.992.5
Income$95,665$64,526
Property tax0.94%0.74%
Income tax0.00%3.50%
Sales tax1.82%6.00%
Electric bill$157$155
Temperature36.4°F56.9°F
Snowfall46.0 in13.4 in
Precipitation43.6 in57.0 in
Students per teacher19.215.6
Bachelor's or higher32.8%27.9%
Crime rate724213
Commute19.8 min24.5 min
Unemployment4.4%4.7%
Population change+0.5%+2.2%
Wildfire risk74.434.4
Flood risk18.870.4
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.