Californians pay lower average property tax rates, but California's ridiculous housing prices mean that they pay more in property taxes. Median home value in California is $554,886, average property tax is 0.7%, for a (rough) average property tax bill of $3,884. Median home value in Texas is $207,301 with an average property value of 1.6%, for a (rough) average property tax rate of 3,316.

Californians also have a higher sales tax rate and an income tax, while Texas has no income tax.

So yeah, I mean taxes.

[0]https://taxfoundation.org/high-state-property-taxes-2021/ [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_median_...