Alaska vs New York
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 11 of them and New York 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.
MeasureAlaskaNew York
Home price$400,659$525,947
Rent paid$1,397$1,671
Cost of living124.9125.1
Income$95,665$85,820
Property tax0.94%1.30%
Income tax0.00%10.90%
Sales tax1.82%8.54%
Electric bill$157$164
Temperature36.4°F52.4°F
Snowfall46.0 in39.2 in
Precipitation43.6 in37.2 in
Students per teacher19.211.6
Bachelor's or higher32.8%41.2%
Crime rate724380
Commute19.8 min33.2 min
Unemployment4.4%4.6%
Population change+0.5%-1.0%
Wildfire risk74.434.8
Flood risk18.894.6
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.