Hawaii vs Utah
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 Utah 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.
MeasureHawaiiUtah
Home price$836,741$541,692
Rent paid$1,972$1,489
Cost of living185102.2
Income$100,745$96,658
Property tax0.29%0.48%
Income tax11.00%4.50%
Sales tax4.50%7.42%
Electric bill$215$102
Temperature72.6°F51.6°F
Snowfall0.0 in65.6 in
Precipitation43.9 in17.3 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.221.9
Bachelor's or higher37.8%39.1%
Crime rate218230
Commute26.7 min23.2 min
Unemployment2.6%3.6%
Population change-1.5%+8.2%
Wildfire risk98.295.3
Flood risk98.274.6
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.