Alaska vs Virginia
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 Virginia 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.
MeasureAlaskaVirginia
Home price$400,659$419,920
Rent paid$1,397$1,599
Cost of living124.9100.8
Income$95,665$92,090
Property tax0.94%0.78%
Income tax0.00%5.75%
Sales tax1.82%5.77%
Electric bill$157$173
Temperature36.4°F57.6°F
Snowfall46.0 in11.3 in
Precipitation43.6 in40.8 in
Students per teacher19.214.0
Bachelor's or higher32.8%43.3%
Crime rate724218
Commute19.8 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.4%3.7%
Population change+0.5%+2.9%
Wildfire risk74.433.1
Flood risk18.867.2
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.