Colorado vs Georgia
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Colorado comes out ahead on 6 of them and Georgia on 9, 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.
MeasureColoradoGeorgia
Home price$543,435$335,358
Rent paid$1,727$1,397
Cost of living102.792.5
Income$97,113$79,991
Property tax0.50%0.79%
Income tax4.40%5.19%
Sales tax7.89%7.56%
Electric bill$109$161
Temperature49.7°F63.5°F
Snowfall39.1 in1.0 in
Precipitation15.8 in45.8 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²4.55 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.614.4
Bachelor's or higher47.8%36.3%
Crime rate476326
Commute25.7 min29.4 min
Unemployment3.9%3.4%
Population change+4.1%+5.5%
Wildfire risk86.953.4
Flood risk85.474.9
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.