Alaska vs Minnesota
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 6 of them and Minnesota 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.
MeasureAlaskaMinnesota
Home price$400,659$356,887
Rent paid$1,397$1,272
Cost of living124.994.6
Income$95,665$87,117
Property tax0.94%1.00%
Income tax0.00%9.85%
Sales tax1.82%8.14%
Electric bill$157$119
Temperature36.4°F45.6°F
Snowfall46.0 in30.7 in
Precipitation43.6 in30.4 in
Students per teacher19.215.7
Bachelor's or higher32.8%40.0%
Crime rate724257
Commute19.8 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.4%4.4%
Population change+0.5%+2.2%
Wildfire risk74.457.4
Flood risk18.879.3
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.