Alaska vs Vermont
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 Vermont 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.
MeasureAlaskaVermont
Home price$400,659$402,017
Rent paid$1,397$1,239
Cost of living124.9113.6
Income$95,665$82,730
Property tax0.94%1.51%
Income tax0.00%8.75%
Sales tax1.82%6.43%
Electric bill$157$141
Temperature36.4°F44.3°F
Snowfall46.0 in97.9 in
Precipitation43.6 in42.4 in
Students per teacher19.211.5
Bachelor's or higher32.8%45.1%
Crime rate724219
Commute19.8 min23.9 min
Unemployment4.4%2.6%
Population change+0.5%+0.2%
Wildfire risk74.421.0
Flood risk18.864.8
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.