Hawaii vs Vermont
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 Vermont 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.
MeasureHawaiiVermont
Home price$836,741$402,017
Rent paid$1,972$1,239
Cost of living185113.6
Income$100,745$82,730
Property tax0.29%1.51%
Income tax11.00%8.75%
Sales tax4.50%6.43%
Electric bill$215$141
Temperature72.6°F44.3°F
Snowfall0.0 in97.9 in
Precipitation43.9 in42.4 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.211.5
Bachelor's or higher37.8%45.1%
Crime rate218219
Commute26.7 min23.9 min
Unemployment2.6%2.6%
Population change-1.5%+0.2%
Wildfire risk98.221.0
Flood risk98.264.8
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.