Alaska vs Oregon
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 Oregon 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.
MeasureAlaskaOregon
Home price$400,659$504,432
Rent paid$1,397$1,497
Cost of living124.9111.8
Income$95,665$85,220
Property tax0.94%0.81%
Income tax0.00%9.90%
Sales tax1.82%0.00%
Electric bill$157$132
Temperature36.4°F51.9°F
Snowfall46.0 in9.0 in
Precipitation43.6 in50.9 in
Students per teacher19.218.4
Bachelor's or higher32.8%37.8%
Crime rate724331
Commute19.8 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.4%5.2%
Population change+0.5%+0.9%
Wildfire risk74.470.7
Flood risk18.887.9
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.