Alaska vs Texas
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 Texas on 5, 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.
MeasureAlaskaTexas
Home price$400,659$302,999
Rent paid$1,397$1,386
Cost of living124.992.1
Income$95,665$79,721
Property tax0.94%1.40%
Income tax0.00%0.00%
Sales tax1.82%8.20%
Electric bill$157$174
Temperature36.4°F69.7°F
Snowfall46.0 in1.0 in
Precipitation43.6 in33.1 in
Students per teacher19.215.1
Bachelor's or higher32.8%35.2%
Crime rate724389
Commute19.8 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.4%4.4%
Population change+0.5%+8.8%
Wildfire risk74.483.5
Flood risk18.889.2
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.