California vs Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania 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.
MeasureCaliforniaPennsylvania
Home price$775,549$294,099
Rent paid$2,042$1,224
Cost of living142.397.2
Income$100,149$77,545
Property tax0.70%1.26%
Income tax13.30%3.07%
Sales tax9.03%6.34%
Electric bill$161$173
Temperature62.7°F52°F
Snowfall4.3 in21.7 in
Precipitation18.4 in39.6 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.913.5
Bachelor's or higher38.1%36.4%
Crime rate486246
Commute29.7 min27.1 min
Unemployment5.2%4.1%
Population change-0.5%+0.4%
Wildfire risk96.838.7
Flood risk98.592.3
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.