Hawaii vs Montana
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 5 of them and Montana 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.
MeasureHawaiiMontana
Home price$836,741$476,115
Rent paid$1,972$1,074
Cost of living18595.5
Income$100,745$75,340
Property tax0.29%0.61%
Income tax11.00%5.65%
Sales tax4.50%0.00%
Electric bill$215$114
Temperature72.6°F44.2°F
Snowfall0.0 in54.5 in
Precipitation43.9 in23.9 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.214.2
Bachelor's or higher37.8%36.3%
Crime rate218424
Commute26.7 min19.5 min
Unemployment2.6%3.3%
Population change-1.5%+5.6%
Wildfire risk98.288.5
Flood risk98.261.0
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.