California vs Minnesota
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 Minnesota 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.
MeasureCaliforniaMinnesota
Home price$775,549$356,887
Rent paid$2,042$1,272
Cost of living142.394.6
Income$100,149$87,117
Property tax0.70%1.00%
Income tax13.30%9.85%
Sales tax9.03%8.14%
Electric bill$161$119
Temperature62.7°F45.6°F
Snowfall4.3 in30.7 in
Precipitation18.4 in30.4 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.915.7
Bachelor's or higher38.1%40.0%
Crime rate486257
Commute29.7 min22.7 min
Unemployment5.2%4.4%
Population change-0.5%+2.2%
Wildfire risk96.857.4
Flood risk98.579.3
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.