Hawaii vs New Jersey
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 New Jersey 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.
MeasureHawaiiNew Jersey
Home price$836,741$584,681
Rent paid$1,972$1,719
Cost of living185115.1
Income$100,745$104,294
Property tax0.29%1.88%
Income tax11.00%10.75%
Sales tax4.50%6.60%
Electric bill$215$159
Temperature72.6°F54.1°F
Snowfall0.0 in17.4 in
Precipitation43.9 in38.7 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.211.8
Bachelor's or higher37.8%44.5%
Crime rate218218
Commute26.7 min31.9 min
Unemployment2.6%4.5%
Population change-1.5%+2.8%
Wildfire risk98.250.6
Flood risk98.295.7
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.