Delaware 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.
Delaware 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.
MeasureDelawareHawaii
Home price$412,252$836,741
Rent paid$1,378$1,972
Cost of living101.9185
Income$87,534$100,745
Property tax0.54%0.29%
Income tax6.60%11.00%
Sales tax0.00%4.50%
Electric bill$167$215
Temperature55.7°F72.6°F
Snowfall13.6 in0.0 in
Precipitation39.5 in43.9 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²5.66 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.814.2
Bachelor's or higher36.0%37.8%
Crime rate361218
Commute26.8 min26.7 min
Unemployment4.9%2.6%
Population change+7.1%-1.5%
Wildfire risk67.498.2
Flood risk93.798.2
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.