Hawaii vs Michigan
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 Michigan 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.
MeasureHawaiiMichigan
Home price$836,741$269,972
Rent paid$1,972$1,117
Cost of living18590.1
Income$100,745$72,389
Property tax0.29%1.19%
Income tax11.00%4.25%
Sales tax4.50%6.00%
Electric bill$215$131
Temperature72.6°F48.9°F
Snowfall0.0 in47.5 in
Precipitation43.9 in30.4 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.216.9
Bachelor's or higher37.8%33.3%
Crime rate218434
Commute26.7 min24.3 min
Unemployment2.6%5.0%
Population change-1.5%+0.5%
Wildfire risk98.239.8
Flood risk98.284.6
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.