Hawaii vs Maine
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 5 of them and Maine on 10, 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.
MeasureHawaiiMaine
Home price$836,741$424,107
Rent paid$1,972$1,169
Cost of living185113
Income$100,745$76,442
Property tax0.29%0.98%
Income tax11.00%7.15%
Sales tax4.50%5.50%
Electric bill$215$155
Temperature72.6°F44.8°F
Snowfall0.0 in66.8 in
Precipitation43.9 in39.1 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²3.72 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.211.5
Bachelor's or higher37.8%37.1%
Crime rate218100
Commute26.7 min25.6 min
Unemployment2.6%3.1%
Population change-1.5%+3.8%
Wildfire risk98.232.3
Flood risk98.267.1
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.