Alaska vs Minnesota
Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.
Compare every measure interactivelyAlaska comes out ahead on 4 of them and Minnesota on 3, 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
Typical home value$397,932$348,778
Home price-to-income4.2×4.0×
Household income$95,665$87,117
Property tax0.94%1.00%
Income tax0.00%9.85%
Sales tax1.82%8.14%
Temperature36.4°F45.6°F
Population740,1335,793,151
Cost of living124.994.6
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.