Connecticut 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.
Connecticut 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.
MeasureConnecticutGeorgia
Home price$455,424$335,358
Rent paid$1,537$1,397
Cost of living112.792.5
Income$96,049$79,991
Property tax1.54%0.79%
Income tax6.99%5.19%
Sales tax6.35%7.56%
Electric bill$204$161
Temperature51.3°F63.5°F
Snowfall25.9 in1.0 in
Precipitation42.5 in45.8 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.55 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.314.4
Bachelor's or higher42.6%36.3%
Crime rate136326
Commute27.0 min29.4 min
Unemployment5.2%3.4%
Population change+2.2%+5.5%
Wildfire risk45.053.4
Flood risk95.874.9
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.