Hawaii vs Iowa
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 Iowa 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.
MeasureHawaiiIowa
Home price$836,741$241,255
Rent paid$1,972$957
Cost of living18589.7
Income$100,745$75,501
Property tax0.29%1.33%
Income tax11.00%3.80%
Sales tax4.50%6.94%
Electric bill$215$119
Temperature72.6°F50.4°F
Snowfall0.0 in26.3 in
Precipitation43.9 in34.1 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.214.4
Bachelor's or higher37.8%32.1%
Crime rate218243
Commute26.7 min20.4 min
Unemployment2.6%3.2%
Population change-1.5%+1.5%
Wildfire risk98.245.3
Flood risk98.262.6
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.