Georgia vs South Dakota

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 5 of them and South Dakota on 10, 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.

MeasureGeorgiaSouth Dakota
Home price$335,358$325,618
Rent paid$1,397$941
Cost of living92.591.9
Income$79,991$76,881
Property tax0.79%1.00%
Income tax5.19%0.00%
Sales tax7.56%6.11%
Electric bill$161$138
Temperature63.5°F47.4°F
Snowfall1.0 in29.7 in
Precipitation45.8 in23.7 in
Sunshine4.55 kWh/m²4.08 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.414.2
Bachelor's or higher36.3%34.2%
Crime rate326362
Commute29.4 min18.5 min
Unemployment3.4%2.0%
Population change+5.5%+5.5%
Wildfire risk53.475.5
Flood risk74.954.5

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.

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