Hawaii vs Texas
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 8 of them and Texas on 7, 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.
MeasureHawaiiTexas
Home price$836,741$302,999
Rent paid$1,972$1,386
Cost of living18592.1
Income$100,745$79,721
Property tax0.29%1.40%
Income tax11.00%0.00%
Sales tax4.50%8.20%
Electric bill$215$174
Temperature72.6°F69.7°F
Snowfall0.0 in1.0 in
Precipitation43.9 in33.1 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.215.1
Bachelor's or higher37.8%35.2%
Crime rate218389
Commute26.7 min27.5 min
Unemployment2.6%4.4%
Population change-1.5%+8.8%
Wildfire risk98.283.5
Flood risk98.289.2
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.