Georgia vs Maine
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 6 of them and Maine 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.
MeasureGeorgiaMaine
Home price$335,358$424,107
Rent paid$1,397$1,169
Cost of living92.5113
Income$79,991$76,442
Property tax0.79%0.98%
Income tax5.19%7.15%
Sales tax7.56%5.50%
Electric bill$161$155
Temperature63.5°F44.8°F
Snowfall1.0 in66.8 in
Precipitation45.8 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.55 kWh/m²3.72 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.411.5
Bachelor's or higher36.3%37.1%
Crime rate326100
Commute29.4 min25.6 min
Unemployment3.4%3.1%
Population change+5.5%+3.8%
Wildfire risk53.432.3
Flood risk74.967.1
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.