Alaska vs Maine
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 7 of them and Maine 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.
MeasureAlaskaMaine
Home price$400,659$424,107
Rent paid$1,397$1,169
Cost of living124.9113
Income$95,665$76,442
Property tax0.94%0.98%
Income tax0.00%7.15%
Sales tax1.82%5.50%
Electric bill$157$155
Temperature36.4°F44.8°F
Snowfall46.0 in66.8 in
Precipitation43.6 in39.1 in
Students per teacher19.211.5
Bachelor's or higher32.8%37.1%
Crime rate724100
Commute19.8 min25.6 min
Unemployment4.4%3.1%
Population change+0.5%+3.8%
Wildfire risk74.432.3
Flood risk18.867.1
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.