California vs Tennessee
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 5 of them and Tennessee on 9, 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
Home price$775,549$338,769
Rent paid$2,042$1,171
Cost of living142.390.3
Income$100,149$71,997
Property tax0.70%0.52%
Income tax13.30%0.00%
Sales tax9.03%9.61%
Electric bill$161$163
Temperature62.7°F60.1°F
Snowfall4.3 in4.8 in
Precipitation18.4 in53.3 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher38.1%32.4%
Crime rate486592
Commute29.7 min26.5 min
Unemployment5.2%3.5%
Population change-0.5%+5.8%
Wildfire risk96.848.1
Flood risk98.576.4
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.