Alaska vs Michigan
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 Michigan 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.
MeasureAlaskaMichigan
Home price$400,659$269,972
Rent paid$1,397$1,117
Cost of living124.990.1
Income$95,665$72,389
Property tax0.94%1.19%
Income tax0.00%4.25%
Sales tax1.82%6.00%
Electric bill$157$131
Temperature36.4°F48.9°F
Snowfall46.0 in47.5 in
Precipitation43.6 in30.4 in
Students per teacher19.216.9
Bachelor's or higher32.8%33.3%
Crime rate724434
Commute19.8 min24.3 min
Unemployment4.4%5.0%
Population change+0.5%+0.5%
Wildfire risk74.439.8
Flood risk18.884.6
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.