Hawaii vs Idaho
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Hawaii comes out ahead on 7 of them and Idaho 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.
MeasureHawaiiIdaho
Home price$836,741$482,199
Rent paid$1,972$1,251
Cost of living18599.9
Income$100,745$81,166
Property tax0.29%0.50%
Income tax11.00%5.30%
Sales tax4.50%6.03%
Electric bill$215$112
Temperature72.6°F50.2°F
Snowfall0.0 in17.8 in
Precipitation43.9 in17.4 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.218.4
Bachelor's or higher37.8%33.0%
Crime rate218231
Commute26.7 min22.2 min
Unemployment2.6%3.7%
Population change-1.5%+10.4%
Wildfire risk98.290.4
Flood risk98.269.5
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.