California vs Utah
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 2 of them and Utah 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.
MeasureCaliforniaUtah
Home price$775,549$541,692
Rent paid$2,042$1,489
Cost of living142.3102.2
Income$100,149$96,658
Property tax0.70%0.48%
Income tax13.30%4.50%
Sales tax9.03%7.42%
Electric bill$161$102
Temperature62.7°F51.6°F
Snowfall4.3 in65.6 in
Precipitation18.4 in17.3 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.921.9
Bachelor's or higher38.1%39.1%
Crime rate486230
Commute29.7 min23.2 min
Unemployment5.2%3.6%
Population change-0.5%+8.2%
Wildfire risk96.895.3
Flood risk98.574.6
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.