Hawaii vs South 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 South Dakota on 9, 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 Dakota
Home price$836,741$325,618
Rent paid$1,972$941
Cost of living18591.9
Income$100,745$76,881
Property tax0.29%1.00%
Income tax11.00%0.00%
Sales tax4.50%6.11%
Electric bill$215$138
Temperature72.6°F47.4°F
Snowfall0.0 in29.7 in
Precipitation43.9 in23.7 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²4.08 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.214.2
Bachelor's or higher37.8%34.2%
Crime rate218362
Commute26.7 min18.5 min
Unemployment2.6%2.0%
Population change-1.5%+5.5%
Wildfire risk98.275.5
Flood risk98.254.5
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.