Hawaii vs Mississippi
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 Mississippi 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.
MeasureHawaiiMississippi
Home price$836,741$198,428
Rent paid$1,972$966
Cost of living18587.3
Income$100,745$59,127
Property tax0.29%0.58%
Income tax11.00%4.00%
Sales tax4.50%7.06%
Electric bill$215$171
Temperature72.6°F66.2°F
Snowfall0.0 in0.9 in
Precipitation43.9 in53.1 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.214.3
Bachelor's or higher37.8%27.0%
Crime rate218211
Commute26.7 min26.4 min
Unemployment2.6%3.8%
Population change-1.5%-0.2%
Wildfire risk98.258.0
Flood risk98.263.4
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.