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California vs Texas

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 Texas 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.

MeasureCaliforniaTexas
Typical home value$764,158$299,367
Home price-to-income7.6×3.8×
Household income$100,149$79,721
Property tax0.70%1.40%
Income tax13.30%0.00%
Sales tax9.03%8.20%
Temperature62.7°F69.7°F
Population39,431,26331,290,831
Cost of living142.392.1

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.