Hawaii vs North Carolina
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 North Carolina 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.
MeasureHawaiiNorth Carolina
Home price$836,741$340,430
Rent paid$1,972$1,215
Cost of living18597.8
Income$100,745$73,958
Property tax0.29%0.66%
Income tax11.00%3.99%
Sales tax4.50%7.10%
Electric bill$215$151
Temperature72.6°F60.3°F
Snowfall0.0 in2.3 in
Precipitation43.9 in42.5 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.216.4
Bachelor's or higher37.8%37.1%
Crime rate218376
Commute26.7 min25.7 min
Unemployment2.6%3.6%
Population change-1.5%+7.2%
Wildfire risk98.253.8
Flood risk98.284.6
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.