Alaska vs Louisiana
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 5 of them and Louisiana 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.
MeasureAlaskaLouisiana
Home price$400,659$217,968
Rent paid$1,397$1,056
Cost of living124.992.3
Income$95,665$60,986
Property tax0.94%0.55%
Income tax0.00%3.00%
Sales tax1.82%10.13%
Electric bill$157$157
Temperature36.4°F69.3°F
Snowfall46.0 in0.8 in
Precipitation43.6 in54.0 in
Students per teacher19.213.9
Bachelor's or higher32.8%27.8%
Crime rate724520
Commute19.8 min26.2 min
Unemployment4.4%4.4%
Population change+0.5%-0.9%
Wildfire risk74.448.0
Flood risk18.880.1
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.