Alaska vs Tennessee
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 5 of them and Tennessee 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.
MeasureAlaskaTennessee
Home price$400,659$338,769
Rent paid$1,397$1,171
Cost of living124.990.3
Income$95,665$71,997
Property tax0.94%0.52%
Income tax0.00%0.00%
Sales tax1.82%9.61%
Electric bill$157$163
Temperature36.4°F60.1°F
Snowfall46.0 in4.8 in
Precipitation43.6 in53.3 in
Bachelor's or higher32.8%32.4%
Crime rate724592
Commute19.8 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.4%3.5%
Population change+0.5%+5.8%
Wildfire risk74.448.1
Flood risk18.876.4
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.