Alaska vs Missouri
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 5 of them and Missouri on 9, 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.
MeasureAlaskaMissouri
Home price$400,659$271,597
Rent paid$1,397$1,030
Cost of living124.989
Income$95,665$71,589
Property tax0.94%0.89%
Income tax0.00%4.70%
Sales tax1.82%8.44%
Electric bill$157$145
Temperature36.4°F56.9°F
Snowfall46.0 in14.0 in
Precipitation43.6 in37.4 in
Students per teacher19.213.0
Bachelor's or higher32.8%33.5%
Crime rate724462
Commute19.8 min24.0 min
Unemployment4.4%3.7%
Population change+0.5%+1.9%
Wildfire risk74.454.0
Flood risk18.879.4
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.