Alaska vs Nebraska
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 Nebraska 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.
MeasureAlaskaNebraska
Home price$400,659$284,464
Rent paid$1,397$1,049
Cost of living124.992.6
Income$95,665$76,376
Property tax0.94%1.44%
Income tax0.00%4.55%
Sales tax1.82%6.98%
Electric bill$157$122
Temperature36.4°F52.3°F
Snowfall46.0 in20.7 in
Precipitation43.6 in28.4 in
Students per teacher19.214.1
Bachelor's or higher32.8%35.4%
Crime rate724221
Commute19.8 min19.9 min
Unemployment4.4%2.9%
Population change+0.5%+2.9%
Wildfire risk74.477.6
Flood risk18.865.3
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.