Georgia vs Louisiana
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 5 of them and Louisiana on 10, 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.
MeasureGeorgiaLouisiana
Home price$335,358$217,968
Rent paid$1,397$1,056
Cost of living92.592.3
Income$79,991$60,986
Property tax0.79%0.55%
Income tax5.19%3.00%
Sales tax7.56%10.13%
Electric bill$161$157
Temperature63.5°F69.3°F
Snowfall1.0 in0.8 in
Precipitation45.8 in54.0 in
Sunshine4.55 kWh/m²4.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.413.9
Bachelor's or higher36.3%27.8%
Crime rate326520
Commute29.4 min26.2 min
Unemployment3.4%4.4%
Population change+5.5%-0.9%
Wildfire risk53.448.0
Flood risk74.980.1
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.