Alaska vs Massachusetts
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 9 of them and Massachusetts on 4, 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.
MeasureAlaskaMassachusetts
Home price$400,659$672,867
Rent paid$1,397$1,788
Cost of living124.9141.2
Income$95,665$104,828
Property tax0.94%1.00%
Income tax0.00%9.00%
Sales tax1.82%6.25%
Electric bill$157$183
Temperature36.4°F50.1°F
Snowfall46.0 in29.5 in
Precipitation43.6 in42.1 in
Students per teacher19.212.0
Bachelor's or higher32.8%48.3%
Crime rate724315
Commute19.8 min30.6 min
Unemployment4.4%4.4%
Population change+0.5%+1.7%
Wildfire risk74.451.0
Flood risk18.894.7
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.