Colorado 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.
Colorado 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.
MeasureColoradoHawaii
Home price$543,435$836,741
Rent paid$1,727$1,972
Cost of living102.7185
Income$97,113$100,745
Property tax0.50%0.29%
Income tax4.40%11.00%
Sales tax7.89%4.50%
Electric bill$109$215
Temperature49.7°F72.6°F
Snowfall39.1 in0.0 in
Precipitation15.8 in43.9 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²5.66 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.614.2
Bachelor's or higher47.8%37.8%
Crime rate476218
Commute25.7 min26.7 min
Unemployment3.9%2.6%
Population change+4.1%-1.5%
Wildfire risk86.998.2
Flood risk85.498.2
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.