Georgia vs Montana
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 Montana 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.
MeasureGeorgiaMontana
Home price$335,358$476,115
Rent paid$1,397$1,074
Cost of living92.595.5
Income$79,991$75,340
Property tax0.79%0.61%
Income tax5.19%5.65%
Sales tax7.56%0.00%
Electric bill$161$114
Temperature63.5°F44.2°F
Snowfall1.0 in54.5 in
Precipitation45.8 in23.9 in
Sunshine4.55 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.414.2
Bachelor's or higher36.3%36.3%
Crime rate326424
Commute29.4 min19.5 min
Unemployment3.4%3.3%
Population change+5.5%+5.6%
Wildfire risk53.488.5
Flood risk74.961.0
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.