Alaska vs Montana
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 Montana 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.
MeasureAlaskaMontana
Home price$400,659$476,115
Rent paid$1,397$1,074
Cost of living124.995.5
Income$95,665$75,340
Property tax0.94%0.61%
Income tax0.00%5.65%
Sales tax1.82%0.00%
Electric bill$157$114
Temperature36.4°F44.2°F
Snowfall46.0 in54.5 in
Precipitation43.6 in23.9 in
Students per teacher19.214.2
Bachelor's or higher32.8%36.3%
Crime rate724424
Commute19.8 min19.5 min
Unemployment4.4%3.3%
Population change+0.5%+5.6%
Wildfire risk74.488.5
Flood risk18.861.0
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.