Hawaii vs South 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 South 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.
MeasureHawaiiSouth Carolina
Home price$836,741$309,323
Rent paid$1,972$1,194
Cost of living18594.7
Income$100,745$72,350
Property tax0.29%0.49%
Income tax11.00%6.00%
Sales tax4.50%7.49%
Electric bill$215$166
Temperature72.6°F63.4°F
Snowfall0.0 in1.5 in
Precipitation43.9 in42.9 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.214.3
Bachelor's or higher37.8%33.3%
Crime rate218437
Commute26.7 min26.3 min
Unemployment2.6%4.4%
Population change-1.5%+8.8%
Wildfire risk98.271.1
Flood risk98.282.7
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.