California 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.
California comes out ahead on 4 of them and Hawaii on 11, 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.
MeasureCaliforniaHawaii
Home price$775,549$836,741
Rent paid$2,042$1,972
Cost of living142.3185
Income$100,149$100,745
Property tax0.70%0.29%
Income tax13.30%11.00%
Sales tax9.03%4.50%
Electric bill$161$215
Temperature62.7°F72.6°F
Snowfall4.3 in0.0 in
Precipitation18.4 in43.9 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²5.66 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.914.2
Bachelor's or higher38.1%37.8%
Crime rate486218
Commute29.7 min26.7 min
Unemployment5.2%2.6%
Population change-0.5%-1.5%
Wildfire risk96.898.2
Flood risk98.598.2
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.