Alaska vs Rhode Island
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 8 of them and Rhode Island on 6, 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.
MeasureAlaskaRhode Island
Home price$400,659$517,078
Rent paid$1,397$1,357
Cost of living124.9110.6
Income$95,665$83,504
Property tax0.94%1.12%
Income tax0.00%5.99%
Sales tax1.82%7.00%
Electric bill$157$166
Temperature36.4°F50.9°F
Snowfall46.0 in18.9 in
Precipitation43.6 in45.6 in
Students per teacher19.213.0
Bachelor's or higher32.8%39.0%
Crime rate724154
Commute19.8 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.4%4.1%
Population change+0.5%+1.6%
Wildfire risk74.426.4
Flood risk18.885.5
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.