Alaska vs Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania 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.
MeasureAlaskaPennsylvania
Home price$400,659$294,099
Rent paid$1,397$1,224
Cost of living124.997.2
Income$95,665$77,545
Property tax0.94%1.26%
Income tax0.00%3.07%
Sales tax1.82%6.34%
Electric bill$157$173
Temperature36.4°F52°F
Snowfall46.0 in21.7 in
Precipitation43.6 in39.6 in
Students per teacher19.213.5
Bachelor's or higher32.8%36.4%
Crime rate724246
Commute19.8 min27.1 min
Unemployment4.4%4.1%
Population change+0.5%+0.4%
Wildfire risk74.438.7
Flood risk18.892.3
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.