California vs New Hampshire
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 New Hampshire 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.
MeasureCaliforniaNew Hampshire
Home price$775,549$522,944
Rent paid$2,042$1,488
Cost of living142.3111.4
Income$100,149$99,782
Property tax0.70%1.50%
Income tax13.30%0.00%
Sales tax9.03%0.00%
Electric bill$161$168
Temperature62.7°F46.7°F
Snowfall4.3 in50.6 in
Precipitation18.4 in40.2 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²3.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.911.4
Bachelor's or higher38.1%41.5%
Crime rate486110
Commute29.7 min27.5 min
Unemployment5.2%2.9%
Population change-0.5%+2.7%
Wildfire risk96.845.2
Flood risk98.585.5
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.