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California vs North Carolina

Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.

Compare every measure interactively

California comes out ahead on 1 of them and North Carolina on 5, 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.

MeasureCaliforniaNorth Carolina
Typical home value$761,538$332,159
Home price-to-income7.6×4.5×
Household income$100,149$73,958
Property tax0.70%0.66%
Income tax13.30%3.99%
Sales tax9.03%7.10%
Temperature62.7°F60.3°F
Population39,431,26311,046,024
Cost of living142.397.8

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.