Florida 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.
Florida comes out ahead on 7 of them and Hawaii on 8, 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.
MeasureFloridaHawaii
Home price$378,126$836,741
Rent paid$1,644$1,972
Cost of living102.2185
Income$77,735$100,745
Property tax0.78%0.29%
Income tax0.00%11.00%
Sales tax6.98%4.50%
Electric bill$169$215
Temperature74°F72.6°F
Snowfall0.2 in0.0 in
Precipitation43.3 in43.9 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²5.66 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.514.2
Bachelor's or higher35.8%37.8%
Crime rate267218
Commute28.9 min26.7 min
Unemployment4.7%2.6%
Population change+8.9%-1.5%
Wildfire risk92.898.2
Flood risk93.198.2
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.