Georgia vs Virginia
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 Virginia 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.
MeasureGeorgiaVirginia
Home price$335,358$419,920
Rent paid$1,397$1,599
Cost of living92.5100.8
Income$79,991$92,090
Property tax0.79%0.78%
Income tax5.19%5.75%
Sales tax7.56%5.77%
Electric bill$161$173
Temperature63.5°F57.6°F
Snowfall1.0 in11.3 in
Precipitation45.8 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.55 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.414.0
Bachelor's or higher36.3%43.3%
Crime rate326218
Commute29.4 min28.3 min
Unemployment3.4%3.7%
Population change+5.5%+2.9%
Wildfire risk53.433.1
Flood risk74.967.2
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.