Georgia vs Massachusetts
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 10 of them and Massachusetts on 5, 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.
MeasureGeorgiaMassachusetts
Home price$335,358$672,867
Rent paid$1,397$1,788
Cost of living92.5141.2
Income$79,991$104,828
Property tax0.79%1.00%
Income tax5.19%9.00%
Sales tax7.56%6.25%
Electric bill$161$183
Temperature63.5°F50.1°F
Snowfall1.0 in29.5 in
Precipitation45.8 in42.1 in
Sunshine4.55 kWh/m²3.82 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.412.0
Bachelor's or higher36.3%48.3%
Crime rate326315
Commute29.4 min30.6 min
Unemployment3.4%4.4%
Population change+5.5%+1.7%
Wildfire risk53.451.0
Flood risk74.994.7
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.