California vs Kansas
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 Kansas 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.
MeasureCaliforniaKansas
Home price$775,549$252,794
Rent paid$2,042$1,051
Cost of living142.388.8
Income$100,149$75,514
Property tax0.70%1.21%
Income tax13.30%5.58%
Sales tax9.03%8.71%
Electric bill$161$131
Temperature62.7°F56.7°F
Snowfall4.3 in17.2 in
Precipitation18.4 in33.5 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.913.6
Bachelor's or higher38.1%36.0%
Crime rate486439
Commute29.7 min20.0 min
Unemployment5.2%3.8%
Population change-0.5%+1.3%
Wildfire risk96.870.0
Flood risk98.569.4
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.