Alaska vs Maryland
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 Maryland 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.
MeasureAlaskaMaryland
Home price$400,659$436,104
Rent paid$1,397$1,732
Cost of living124.9115.4
Income$95,665$102,905
Property tax0.94%0.92%
Income tax0.00%6.50%
Sales tax1.82%6.00%
Electric bill$157$209
Temperature36.4°F56.1°F
Snowfall46.0 in15.2 in
Precipitation43.6 in37.4 in
Students per teacher19.214.6
Bachelor's or higher32.8%44.7%
Crime rate724420
Commute19.8 min32.3 min
Unemployment4.4%4.3%
Population change+0.5%+1.4%
Wildfire risk74.433.5
Flood risk18.881.7
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.