Alaska vs Utah
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 Utah 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.
MeasureAlaskaUtah
Home price$400,659$541,692
Rent paid$1,397$1,489
Cost of living124.9102.2
Income$95,665$96,658
Property tax0.94%0.48%
Income tax0.00%4.50%
Sales tax1.82%7.42%
Electric bill$157$102
Temperature36.4°F51.6°F
Snowfall46.0 in65.6 in
Precipitation43.6 in17.3 in
Students per teacher19.221.9
Bachelor's or higher32.8%39.1%
Crime rate724230
Commute19.8 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.4%3.6%
Population change+0.5%+8.2%
Wildfire risk74.495.3
Flood risk18.874.6
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.