Alaska vs Ohio
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 Ohio 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.
MeasureAlaskaOhio
Home price$400,659$251,502
Rent paid$1,397$1,030
Cost of living124.994.3
Income$95,665$72,212
Property tax0.94%1.36%
Income tax0.00%2.75%
Sales tax1.82%7.29%
Electric bill$157$158
Temperature36.4°F52°F
Snowfall46.0 in25.7 in
Precipitation43.6 in39.1 in
Students per teacher19.217.3
Bachelor's or higher32.8%32.4%
Crime rate724294
Commute19.8 min23.8 min
Unemployment4.4%3.6%
Population change+0.5%+0.9%
Wildfire risk74.436.7
Flood risk18.884.9
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.