California vs Oregon
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 Oregon 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.
MeasureCaliforniaOregon
Home price$775,549$504,432
Rent paid$2,042$1,497
Cost of living142.3111.8
Income$100,149$85,220
Property tax0.70%0.81%
Income tax13.30%9.90%
Sales tax9.03%0.00%
Electric bill$161$132
Temperature62.7°F51.9°F
Snowfall4.3 in9.0 in
Precipitation18.4 in50.9 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²3.84 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.918.4
Bachelor's or higher38.1%37.8%
Crime rate486331
Commute29.7 min23.2 min
Unemployment5.2%5.2%
Population change-0.5%+0.9%
Wildfire risk96.870.7
Flood risk98.587.9
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.