Hawaii vs New York
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 New York 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.
MeasureHawaiiNew York
Home price$836,741$525,947
Rent paid$1,972$1,671
Cost of living185125.1
Income$100,745$85,820
Property tax0.29%1.30%
Income tax11.00%10.90%
Sales tax4.50%8.54%
Electric bill$215$164
Temperature72.6°F52.4°F
Snowfall0.0 in39.2 in
Precipitation43.9 in37.2 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²3.88 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.211.6
Bachelor's or higher37.8%41.2%
Crime rate218380
Commute26.7 min33.2 min
Unemployment2.6%4.6%
Population change-1.5%-1.0%
Wildfire risk98.234.8
Flood risk98.294.6
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.