Alaska vs Wyoming
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 4 of them and Wyoming on 9, 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.
MeasureAlaskaWyoming
Home price$400,659$372,526
Rent paid$1,397$1,010
Cost of living124.993.7
Income$95,665$75,532
Property tax0.94%0.53%
Income tax0.00%0.00%
Sales tax1.82%5.39%
Electric bill$157$115
Temperature36.4°F45.1°F
Snowfall46.0 in44.9 in
Precipitation43.6 in15.9 in
Students per teacher19.212.5
Bachelor's or higher32.8%32.3%
Crime rate724203
Commute19.8 min19.7 min
Unemployment4.4%3.2%
Population change+0.5%+2.1%
Wildfire risk74.486.6
Flood risk18.854.1
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.