California vs Florida
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
California comes out ahead on 4 of them and Florida on 11, 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.
MeasureCaliforniaFlorida
Home price$775,549$378,126
Rent paid$2,042$1,644
Cost of living142.3102.2
Income$100,149$77,735
Property tax0.70%0.78%
Income tax13.30%0.00%
Sales tax9.03%6.98%
Electric bill$161$169
Temperature62.7°F74°F
Snowfall4.3 in0.2 in
Precipitation18.4 in43.3 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²4.93 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.918.5
Bachelor's or higher38.1%35.8%
Crime rate486267
Commute29.7 min28.9 min
Unemployment5.2%4.7%
Population change-0.5%+8.9%
Wildfire risk96.892.8
Flood risk98.593.1
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.