Hawaii vs Kentucky
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 Kentucky 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.
MeasureHawaiiKentucky
Home price$836,741$235,363
Rent paid$1,972$957
Cost of living18592.5
Income$100,745$64,526
Property tax0.29%0.74%
Income tax11.00%3.50%
Sales tax4.50%6.00%
Electric bill$215$155
Temperature72.6°F56.9°F
Snowfall0.0 in13.4 in
Precipitation43.9 in57.0 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.215.6
Bachelor's or higher37.8%27.9%
Crime rate218213
Commute26.7 min24.5 min
Unemployment2.6%4.7%
Population change-1.5%+2.2%
Wildfire risk98.234.4
Flood risk98.270.4
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.