Arkansas 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.
Arkansas comes out ahead on 9 of them and Hawaii on 6, 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.
MeasureArkansasHawaii
Home price$228,662$836,741
Rent paid$938$1,972
Cost of living89.6185
Income$62,106$100,745
Property tax0.56%0.29%
Income tax3.90%11.00%
Sales tax9.48%4.50%
Electric bill$139$215
Temperature62.2°F72.6°F
Snowfall6.8 in0.0 in
Precipitation52.1 in43.9 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²5.66 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.614.2
Bachelor's or higher27.1%37.8%
Crime rate579218
Commute22.7 min26.7 min
Unemployment4.1%2.6%
Population change+3.4%-1.5%
Wildfire risk64.798.2
Flood risk72.398.2
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.