Connecticut 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.
Connecticut 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.
MeasureConnecticutHawaii
Home price$455,424$836,741
Rent paid$1,537$1,972
Cost of living112.7185
Income$96,049$100,745
Property tax1.54%0.29%
Income tax6.99%11.00%
Sales tax6.35%4.50%
Electric bill$204$215
Temperature51.3°F72.6°F
Snowfall25.9 in0.0 in
Precipitation42.5 in43.9 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²5.66 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.314.2
Bachelor's or higher42.6%37.8%
Crime rate136218
Commute27.0 min26.7 min
Unemployment5.2%2.6%
Population change+2.2%-1.5%
Wildfire risk45.098.2
Flood risk95.898.2
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.