Hawaii vs Massachusetts
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 Massachusetts 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.
MeasureHawaiiMassachusetts
Home price$836,741$672,867
Rent paid$1,972$1,788
Cost of living185141.2
Income$100,745$104,828
Property tax0.29%1.00%
Income tax11.00%9.00%
Sales tax4.50%6.25%
Electric bill$215$183
Temperature72.6°F50.1°F
Snowfall0.0 in29.5 in
Precipitation43.9 in42.1 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²3.82 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.212.0
Bachelor's or higher37.8%48.3%
Crime rate218315
Commute26.7 min30.6 min
Unemployment2.6%4.4%
Population change-1.5%+1.7%
Wildfire risk98.251.0
Flood risk98.294.7
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.