Hawaii vs Maryland
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 Maryland 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.
MeasureHawaiiMaryland
Home price$836,741$436,104
Rent paid$1,972$1,732
Cost of living185115.4
Income$100,745$102,905
Property tax0.29%0.92%
Income tax11.00%6.50%
Sales tax4.50%6.00%
Electric bill$215$209
Temperature72.6°F56.1°F
Snowfall0.0 in15.2 in
Precipitation43.9 in37.4 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.214.6
Bachelor's or higher37.8%44.7%
Crime rate218420
Commute26.7 min32.3 min
Unemployment2.6%4.3%
Population change-1.5%+1.4%
Wildfire risk98.233.5
Flood risk98.281.7
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.