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California vs Kansas

Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.

Compare every measure interactively

California comes out ahead on 2 of them and Kansas on 5, 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
Typical home value$761,538$246,055
Home price-to-income7.6×3.3×
Household income$100,149$75,514
Property tax0.70%1.21%
Income tax13.30%5.58%
Sales tax9.03%8.71%
Temperature62.7°F56.7°F
Population39,431,2632,970,606
Cost of living142.388.8

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.