Hawaii vs North Dakota
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 North Dakota on 10, 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 Dakota
Home price$836,741$293,556
Rent paid$1,972$931
Cost of living18591.4
Income$100,745$77,871
Property tax0.29%0.92%
Income tax11.00%2.50%
Sales tax4.50%7.09%
Electric bill$215$133
Temperature72.6°F42.4°F
Snowfall0.0 in23.0 in
Precipitation43.9 in20.1 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.211.7
Bachelor's or higher37.8%34.0%
Crime rate218254
Commute26.7 min17.5 min
Unemployment2.6%2.3%
Population change-1.5%+2.6%
Wildfire risk98.265.1
Flood risk98.249.2
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.