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California vs Tennessee

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 2 of them and Tennessee 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.

MeasureCaliforniaTennessee
Typical home value$761,538$330,844
Home price-to-income7.6×4.6×
Household income$100,149$71,997
Property tax0.70%0.52%
Income tax13.30%0.00%
Sales tax9.03%9.61%
Temperature62.7°F60.1°F
Population39,431,2637,227,750
Cost of living142.390.3

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.