Alaska vs North Dakota
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 4 of them and North Dakota on 10, 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.
MeasureAlaskaNorth Dakota
Home price$400,659$293,556
Rent paid$1,397$931
Cost of living124.991.4
Income$95,665$77,871
Property tax0.94%0.92%
Income tax0.00%2.50%
Sales tax1.82%7.09%
Electric bill$157$133
Temperature36.4°F42.4°F
Snowfall46.0 in23.0 in
Precipitation43.6 in20.1 in
Students per teacher19.211.7
Bachelor's or higher32.8%34.0%
Crime rate724254
Commute19.8 min17.5 min
Unemployment4.4%2.3%
Population change+0.5%+2.6%
Wildfire risk74.465.1
Flood risk18.849.2
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.