Hawaii vs Missouri
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 Missouri 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.
MeasureHawaiiMissouri
Home price$836,741$271,597
Rent paid$1,972$1,030
Cost of living18589
Income$100,745$71,589
Property tax0.29%0.89%
Income tax11.00%4.70%
Sales tax4.50%8.44%
Electric bill$215$145
Temperature72.6°F56.9°F
Snowfall0.0 in14.0 in
Precipitation43.9 in37.4 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.213.0
Bachelor's or higher37.8%33.5%
Crime rate218462
Commute26.7 min24.0 min
Unemployment2.6%3.7%
Population change-1.5%+1.9%
Wildfire risk98.254.0
Flood risk98.279.4
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.