California vs Ohio
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 Ohio 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.
MeasureCaliforniaOhio
Home price$775,549$251,502
Rent paid$2,042$1,030
Cost of living142.394.3
Income$100,149$72,212
Property tax0.70%1.36%
Income tax13.30%2.75%
Sales tax9.03%7.29%
Electric bill$161$158
Temperature62.7°F52°F
Snowfall4.3 in25.7 in
Precipitation18.4 in39.1 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.917.3
Bachelor's or higher38.1%32.4%
Crime rate486294
Commute29.7 min23.8 min
Unemployment5.2%3.6%
Population change-0.5%+0.9%
Wildfire risk96.836.7
Flood risk98.584.9
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.