Alabama vs Hawaii
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Alabama comes out ahead on 8 of them and Hawaii 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.
MeasureAlabamaHawaii
Home price$241,517$836,741
Rent paid$1,008$1,972
Cost of living88.6185
Income$66,659$100,745
Property tax0.37%0.29%
Income tax5.00%11.00%
Sales tax9.46%4.50%
Electric bill$185$215
Temperature64.2°F72.6°F
Snowfall2.0 in0.0 in
Precipitation52.3 in43.9 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²5.66 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.214.2
Bachelor's or higher29.9%37.8%
Crime rate360218
Commute26.0 min26.7 min
Unemployment3.2%2.6%
Population change+3.3%-1.5%
Wildfire risk62.598.2
Flood risk83.398.2
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.