Alaska vs Wisconsin
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 6 of them and Wisconsin on 8, 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.
MeasureAlaskaWisconsin
Home price$400,659$342,279
Rent paid$1,397$1,071
Cost of living124.997.7
Income$95,665$77,488
Property tax0.94%1.32%
Income tax0.00%7.65%
Sales tax1.82%5.72%
Electric bill$157$124
Temperature36.4°F46.7°F
Snowfall46.0 in40.1 in
Precipitation43.6 in32.1 in
Students per teacher19.213.9
Bachelor's or higher32.8%34.6%
Crime rate724279
Commute19.8 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.4%3.3%
Population change+0.5%+1.3%
Wildfire risk74.434.9
Flood risk18.878.5
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.