Hawaii vs Illinois
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 Illinois 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.
MeasureHawaiiIllinois
Home price$836,741$298,871
Rent paid$1,972$1,292
Cost of living18594.7
Income$100,745$83,211
Property tax0.29%1.88%
Income tax11.00%4.95%
Sales tax4.50%8.98%
Electric bill$215$134
Temperature72.6°F52°F
Snowfall0.0 in25.4 in
Precipitation43.9 in30.8 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²3.93 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.213.8
Bachelor's or higher37.8%39.2%
Crime rate218289
Commute26.7 min28.3 min
Unemployment2.6%5.1%
Population change-1.5%-0.8%
Wildfire risk98.237.3
Flood risk98.290.0
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.