California vs Wyoming
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 Wyoming on 13, 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.
MeasureCaliforniaWyoming
Home price$775,549$372,526
Rent paid$2,042$1,010
Cost of living142.393.7
Income$100,149$75,532
Property tax0.70%0.53%
Income tax13.30%0.00%
Sales tax9.03%5.39%
Electric bill$161$115
Temperature62.7°F45.1°F
Snowfall4.3 in44.9 in
Precipitation18.4 in15.9 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.912.5
Bachelor's or higher38.1%32.3%
Crime rate486203
Commute29.7 min19.7 min
Unemployment5.2%3.2%
Population change-0.5%+2.1%
Wildfire risk96.886.6
Flood risk98.554.1
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.