California vs Louisiana
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 Louisiana 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.
MeasureCaliforniaLouisiana
Home price$775,549$217,968
Rent paid$2,042$1,056
Cost of living142.392.3
Income$100,149$60,986
Property tax0.70%0.55%
Income tax13.30%3.00%
Sales tax9.03%10.13%
Electric bill$161$157
Temperature62.7°F69.3°F
Snowfall4.3 in0.8 in
Precipitation18.4 in54.0 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²4.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.913.9
Bachelor's or higher38.1%27.8%
Crime rate486520
Commute29.7 min26.2 min
Unemployment5.2%4.4%
Population change-0.5%-0.9%
Wildfire risk96.848.0
Flood risk98.580.1
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.