Georgia vs Maryland
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 12 of them and Maryland on 3, 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.
MeasureGeorgiaMaryland
Home price$335,358$436,104
Rent paid$1,397$1,732
Cost of living92.5115.4
Income$79,991$102,905
Property tax0.79%0.92%
Income tax5.19%6.50%
Sales tax7.56%6.00%
Electric bill$161$209
Temperature63.5°F56.1°F
Snowfall1.0 in15.2 in
Precipitation45.8 in37.4 in
Sunshine4.55 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.414.6
Bachelor's or higher36.3%44.7%
Crime rate326420
Commute29.4 min32.3 min
Unemployment3.4%4.3%
Population change+5.5%+1.4%
Wildfire risk53.433.5
Flood risk74.981.7
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.