Alaska 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.
Alaska comes out ahead on 9 of them and Hawaii on 5, 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.
MeasureAlaskaHawaii
Home price$400,659$836,741
Rent paid$1,397$1,972
Cost of living124.9185
Income$95,665$100,745
Property tax0.94%0.29%
Income tax0.00%11.00%
Sales tax1.82%4.50%
Electric bill$157$215
Temperature36.4°F72.6°F
Snowfall46.0 in0.0 in
Precipitation43.6 in43.9 in
Students per teacher19.214.2
Bachelor's or higher32.8%37.8%
Crime rate724218
Commute19.8 min26.7 min
Unemployment4.4%2.6%
Population change+0.5%-1.5%
Wildfire risk74.498.2
Flood risk18.898.2
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.