California vs Missouri
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 Missouri 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.
MeasureCaliforniaMissouri
Home price$775,549$271,597
Rent paid$2,042$1,030
Cost of living142.389
Income$100,149$71,589
Property tax0.70%0.89%
Income tax13.30%4.70%
Sales tax9.03%8.44%
Electric bill$161$145
Temperature62.7°F56.9°F
Snowfall4.3 in14.0 in
Precipitation18.4 in37.4 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.913.0
Bachelor's or higher38.1%33.5%
Crime rate486462
Commute29.7 min24.0 min
Unemployment5.2%3.7%
Population change-0.5%+1.9%
Wildfire risk96.854.0
Flood risk98.579.4
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.