Hawaii vs Kansas
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 6 of them and Kansas on 9, 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.
MeasureHawaiiKansas
Home price$836,741$252,794
Rent paid$1,972$1,051
Cost of living18588.8
Income$100,745$75,514
Property tax0.29%1.21%
Income tax11.00%5.58%
Sales tax4.50%8.71%
Electric bill$215$131
Temperature72.6°F56.7°F
Snowfall0.0 in17.2 in
Precipitation43.9 in33.5 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.213.6
Bachelor's or higher37.8%36.0%
Crime rate218439
Commute26.7 min20.0 min
Unemployment2.6%3.8%
Population change-1.5%+1.3%
Wildfire risk98.270.0
Flood risk98.269.4
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.