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Hawaii vs Iowa

Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.

Compare every measure interactively

Hawaii comes out ahead on 3 of them and Iowa on 4, 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.

MeasureHawaiiIowa
Typical home value$832,932$236,623
Home price-to-income8.3×3.1×
Household income$100,745$75,501
Property tax0.29%1.33%
Income tax11.00%3.80%
Sales tax4.50%6.94%
Temperature72.6°F50.4°F
Population1,446,1463,241,488
Cost of living185.089.7

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.