California vs Kentucky
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 Kentucky 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.
MeasureCaliforniaKentucky
Home price$775,549$235,363
Rent paid$2,042$957
Cost of living142.392.5
Income$100,149$64,526
Property tax0.70%0.74%
Income tax13.30%3.50%
Sales tax9.03%6.00%
Electric bill$161$155
Temperature62.7°F56.9°F
Snowfall4.3 in13.4 in
Precipitation18.4 in57.0 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.915.6
Bachelor's or higher38.1%27.9%
Crime rate486213
Commute29.7 min24.5 min
Unemployment5.2%4.7%
Population change-0.5%+2.2%
Wildfire risk96.834.4
Flood risk98.570.4
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.