Georgia vs Iowa
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Georgia comes out ahead on 3 of them and Iowa on 11, 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.
MeasureGeorgiaIowa
Home price$335,358$241,255
Rent paid$1,397$957
Cost of living92.589.7
Income$79,991$75,501
Property tax0.79%1.33%
Income tax5.19%3.80%
Sales tax7.56%6.94%
Electric bill$161$119
Temperature63.5°F50.4°F
Snowfall1.0 in26.3 in
Precipitation45.8 in34.1 in
Sunshine4.55 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.414.4
Bachelor's or higher36.3%32.1%
Crime rate326243
Commute29.4 min20.4 min
Unemployment3.4%3.2%
Population change+5.5%+1.5%
Wildfire risk53.445.3
Flood risk74.962.6
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.