Georgia vs North Carolina
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 9 of them and North Carolina on 6, 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.
MeasureGeorgiaNorth Carolina
Home price$335,358$340,430
Rent paid$1,397$1,215
Cost of living92.597.8
Income$79,991$73,958
Property tax0.79%0.66%
Income tax5.19%3.99%
Sales tax7.56%7.10%
Electric bill$161$151
Temperature63.5°F60.3°F
Snowfall1.0 in2.3 in
Precipitation45.8 in42.5 in
Sunshine4.55 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.416.4
Bachelor's or higher36.3%37.1%
Crime rate326376
Commute29.4 min25.7 min
Unemployment3.4%3.6%
Population change+5.5%+7.2%
Wildfire risk53.453.8
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.