Alaska vs New Hampshire
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 New Hampshire 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.
MeasureAlaskaNew Hampshire
Home price$400,659$522,944
Rent paid$1,397$1,488
Cost of living124.9111.4
Income$95,665$99,782
Property tax0.94%1.50%
Income tax0.00%0.00%
Sales tax1.82%0.00%
Electric bill$157$168
Temperature36.4°F46.7°F
Snowfall46.0 in50.6 in
Precipitation43.6 in40.2 in
Students per teacher19.211.4
Bachelor's or higher32.8%41.5%
Crime rate724110
Commute19.8 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.4%2.9%
Population change+0.5%+2.7%
Wildfire risk74.445.2
Flood risk18.885.5
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.