Arizona 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.
Arizona comes out ahead on 7 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.
MeasureArizonaHawaii
Home price$422,822$836,741
Rent paid$1,518$1,972
Cost of living110.7185
Income$81,486$100,745
Property tax0.48%0.29%
Income tax2.50%11.00%
Sales tax8.54%4.50%
Electric bill$161$215
Temperature70.7°F72.6°F
Snowfall2.0 in0.0 in
Precipitation9.0 in43.9 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²5.66 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.914.2
Bachelor's or higher34.7%37.8%
Crime rate422218
Commute26.4 min26.7 min
Unemployment4.9%2.6%
Population change+6.5%-1.5%
Wildfire risk98.298.2
Flood risk98.398.2
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.