California vs Indiana
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 3 of them and Indiana on 12, 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.
MeasureCaliforniaIndiana
Home price$775,549$262,265
Rent paid$2,042$1,063
Cost of living142.391
Income$100,149$71,959
Property tax0.70%0.76%
Income tax13.30%2.95%
Sales tax9.03%7.00%
Electric bill$161$160
Temperature62.7°F52.6°F
Snowfall4.3 in26.8 in
Precipitation18.4 in38.0 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.915.5
Bachelor's or higher38.1%30.7%
Crime rate486313
Commute29.7 min24.6 min
Unemployment5.2%3.3%
Population change-0.5%+2.8%
Wildfire risk96.824.6
Flood risk98.575.8
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.