California vs Nevada
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 2 of them and Nevada on 13, 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.
MeasureCaliforniaNevada
Home price$775,549$448,215
Rent paid$2,042$1,580
Cost of living142.3100.2
Income$100,149$81,134
Property tax0.70%0.50%
Income tax13.30%0.00%
Sales tax9.03%8.24%
Electric bill$161$117
Temperature62.7°F62.8°F
Snowfall4.3 in1.7 in
Precipitation18.4 in8.6 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²5.55 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.920.0
Bachelor's or higher38.1%28.5%
Crime rate486402
Commute29.7 min25.7 min
Unemployment5.2%5.1%
Population change-0.5%+5.7%
Wildfire risk96.898.1
Flood risk98.593.9
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.