Hawaii vs West 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 6 of them and West Virginia 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.
MeasureHawaiiWest Virginia
Home price$836,741$182,704
Rent paid$1,972$868
Cost of living18588.3
Income$100,745$60,798
Property tax0.29%0.51%
Income tax11.00%4.82%
Sales tax4.50%6.60%
Electric bill$215$167
Temperature72.6°F53.9°F
Snowfall0.0 in22.9 in
Precipitation43.9 in44.0 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.213.7
Bachelor's or higher37.8%24.4%
Crime rate218249
Commute26.7 min26.5 min
Unemployment2.6%4.2%
Population change-1.5%-1.5%
Wildfire risk98.241.2
Flood risk98.279.2
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.