Arizona vs California
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Arizona comes out ahead on 12 of them and California on 2, 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.
MeasureArizonaCalifornia
Home price$422,822$775,549
Rent paid$1,518$2,042
Cost of living110.7142.3
Income$81,486$100,149
Property tax0.48%0.70%
Income tax2.50%13.30%
Sales tax8.54%9.03%
Electric bill$161$161
Temperature70.7°F62.7°F
Snowfall2.0 in4.3 in
Precipitation9.0 in18.4 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²5.20 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.921.9
Bachelor's or higher34.7%38.1%
Crime rate422486
Commute26.4 min29.7 min
Unemployment4.9%5.2%
Population change+6.5%-0.5%
Wildfire risk98.296.8
Flood risk98.398.5
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.