Georgia vs Michigan
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 7 of them and Michigan on 8, 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.
MeasureGeorgiaMichigan
Home price$335,358$269,972
Rent paid$1,397$1,117
Cost of living92.590.1
Income$79,991$72,389
Property tax0.79%1.19%
Income tax5.19%4.25%
Sales tax7.56%6.00%
Electric bill$161$131
Temperature63.5°F48.9°F
Snowfall1.0 in47.5 in
Precipitation45.8 in30.4 in
Sunshine4.55 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.416.9
Bachelor's or higher36.3%33.3%
Crime rate326434
Commute29.4 min24.3 min
Unemployment3.4%5.0%
Population change+5.5%+0.5%
Wildfire risk53.439.8
Flood risk74.984.6
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.