Georgia vs Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania 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.
MeasureGeorgiaPennsylvania
Home price$335,358$294,099
Rent paid$1,397$1,224
Cost of living92.597.2
Income$79,991$77,545
Property tax0.79%1.26%
Income tax5.19%3.07%
Sales tax7.56%6.34%
Electric bill$161$173
Temperature63.5°F52°F
Snowfall1.0 in21.7 in
Precipitation45.8 in39.6 in
Sunshine4.55 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.413.5
Bachelor's or higher36.3%36.4%
Crime rate326246
Commute29.4 min27.1 min
Unemployment3.4%4.1%
Population change+5.5%+0.4%
Wildfire risk53.438.7
Flood risk74.992.3
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.