Hawaii vs Minnesota
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 Minnesota 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.
MeasureHawaiiMinnesota
Home price$836,741$356,887
Rent paid$1,972$1,272
Cost of living18594.6
Income$100,745$87,117
Property tax0.29%1.00%
Income tax11.00%9.85%
Sales tax4.50%8.14%
Electric bill$215$119
Temperature72.6°F45.6°F
Snowfall0.0 in30.7 in
Precipitation43.9 in30.4 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.215.7
Bachelor's or higher37.8%40.0%
Crime rate218257
Commute26.7 min22.7 min
Unemployment2.6%4.4%
Population change-1.5%+2.2%
Wildfire risk98.257.4
Flood risk98.279.3
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.