Hawaii vs Virginia
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 Virginia 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.
MeasureHawaiiVirginia
Home price$836,741$419,920
Rent paid$1,972$1,599
Cost of living185100.8
Income$100,745$92,090
Property tax0.29%0.78%
Income tax11.00%5.75%
Sales tax4.50%5.77%
Electric bill$215$173
Temperature72.6°F57.6°F
Snowfall0.0 in11.3 in
Precipitation43.9 in40.8 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.214.0
Bachelor's or higher37.8%43.3%
Crime rate218218
Commute26.7 min28.3 min
Unemployment2.6%3.7%
Population change-1.5%+2.9%
Wildfire risk98.233.1
Flood risk98.267.2
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.