Hawaii vs Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania 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.
MeasureHawaiiPennsylvania
Home price$836,741$294,099
Rent paid$1,972$1,224
Cost of living18597.2
Income$100,745$77,545
Property tax0.29%1.26%
Income tax11.00%3.07%
Sales tax4.50%6.34%
Electric bill$215$173
Temperature72.6°F52°F
Snowfall0.0 in21.7 in
Precipitation43.9 in39.6 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.213.5
Bachelor's or higher37.8%36.4%
Crime rate218246
Commute26.7 min27.1 min
Unemployment2.6%4.1%
Population change-1.5%+0.4%
Wildfire risk98.238.7
Flood risk98.292.3
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.