Explore and compare California counties and cities on a single interactive map: housing costs, income, education, school performance, race/ethnicity, age distribution, poverty, crime rates, population, temperature, sunshine hours, transit routes, and 3D terrain.
Open the live map: Compare California counties and cities
Researching California neighborhoods usually means jumping between Census tables, DOJ crime reports, climate databases, and transit schedules. CaliVibe puts it all on a single interactive map so you can compare counties and cities side-by-side without switching tabs.
Compare any California counties or cities side by side across all metrics — population, crime, housing, income, education, school performance, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and poverty. Color-coded cells highlight the best and worst values. Sortable columns, drag-to-reorder, and shareable via URL.
Median home value and median gross rent for all 58 California counties, based on US Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimates (2019–2023). Choropleth color scale, sortable data table, hover to see exact values.
10 crime categories (violent, property, homicide, robbery, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and more) per 100,000 residents. Data from CA DOJ OpenJustice 2023 report. Sortable table view with absolute and per-capita modes.
Average ELA and Math scores (Distance from Standard), graduation rates, and school counts aggregated by county and city from CDE Dashboard Indicators (2025). Individual school locations (11,600+ public schools) can be displayed as colored dots based on their Dashboard rating, ELA score, or Math score. Filter by school level (Elementary, Middle, High).
County schools stats:
City schools stats:
Schools by rating:
2024 population estimates for every county, color-coded choropleth with sortable data table. Source: CA Department of Finance E-6 estimates.
Monthly average high, low, and mean temperatures on an H3 hexagonal grid. 10-year normals (2014–2023) in Fahrenheit or Celsius. Two grid resolutions available.
Average daily sunshine hours by month for every part of California. Satellite-derived data (NREL NSRDB) and reanalysis data (ERA5) on an H3 hex grid. Great for comparing coastal fog vs. inland sun.
Routes and stations for all major California rail and light rail systems: BART, Caltrain, LA Metro, Muni Metro, VTA, SMART, Metrolink, San Diego Trolley, Coaster, Sprinter, Sacramento RT, ACE, and 6 Amtrak routes (Capitol Corridor, Pacific Surfliner, San Joaquins, Coast Starlight, California Zephyr, Southwest Chief). Toggle individual lines, search stations by name.
All 58 California counties and 697 places (482 cities + 215 CDPs) with color-coded or outline borders.
Rotatable raised-relief view of California with labeled mountain peaks (feet or meters). Mt. Whitney, Mt. Shasta, Half Dome, and more.
Since CaliVibe accumulated a descent amount of statistical data, it made it possible to generate the data-driven summary of cities and counties, blending the statistical data with broadly known observations about the place.
- Compare — compare any counties or cities side by side across all metrics (including school performance and age distribution) with color-coded rankings, shareable via URL
- Favorites — save and reorder locations with drag-and-drop, persisted in local storage
- Shareable state — every toggle, metric, comparison, and view is encoded in the URL so you can bookmark or share exact map views
- Mobile-friendly — responsive layout with collapsible sidebar
React, TypeScript, Vite, MapLibre GL JS, Tailwind CSS. H3 hexagonal grid for climate data. Playwright for visual regression testing. Deployed on GitHub Pages.
| Layer | Source | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Age distribution | US Census Bureau ACS — B01001, B01002 | 2019–2023 |
| Housing cost | US Census Bureau ACS — B25077, B25064 | 2019–2023 |
| County crime | CA DOJ OpenJustice | 2023 |
| City crime | CA DOJ OpenJustice | 2023 |
| School performance | CA Dept. of Education Dashboard Indicators | 2025 |
| Population | CA Dept. of Finance E-1 / E-6 | 2024 |
| Temperature | ERA5 Reanalysis via Open-Meteo | 2014–2023 |
| Sunshine | NSRDB GOES TMY (NREL) / ERA5 | 2014–2023 |
| County boundaries | CA Open Data Portal / US Census TIGER/Line | 2023 |
| City boundaries | US Census Bureau TIGER/Line | 2024 |
| Transit (BART, Caltrain, etc.) | GTFS feeds from each agency | 2024–2025 |
| Elevation / 3D terrain | AWS Terrain Tiles | — |
| Map tiles | MapLibre GL JS with OpenStreetMap data | — |
~98% of the code was written by Claude Code (Opus) with a few sprinkles from Gemini 2.5 Pro.
For informational and educational purposes only. Data may be incomplete or inaccurate. Do not make decisions based solely on the information presented here.