Hawaii vs Washington
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 Washington 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.
MeasureHawaiiWashington
Home price$836,741$603,303
Rent paid$1,972$1,712
Cost of living185114.1
Income$100,745$99,389
Property tax0.29%0.75%
Income tax11.00%0.00%
Sales tax4.50%9.57%
Electric bill$215$130
Temperature72.6°F50°F
Snowfall0.0 in5.4 in
Precipitation43.9 in56.5 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.218.3
Bachelor's or higher37.8%41.0%
Crime rate218326
Commute26.7 min27.2 min
Unemployment2.6%5.2%
Population change-1.5%+3.8%
Wildfire risk98.274.2
Flood risk98.291.4
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.