Moving from Colorado to Georgia
Everyone compares rent and groceries. Almost nobody compares the two numbers that actually decide whether a move works: state income tax and property tax. Here is Colorado and Georgia, side by side.
Moving to Georgia costs about
-$260/mo
less than Colorado each month, renting
Worth knowing
The move pays for itself in about 14 months
Moving costs somewhere around $3,505, and Georgia runs about $260 a month cheaper. After roughly 14 months you are ahead.
Colorado vs Georgia at a glance
| Colorado | Georgia | |
|---|---|---|
| Median home price | $539,400 | $303,300 |
| Median rent | $1,761/mo | $1,393/mo |
| State income tax | Flat 4.40% | Flat 5.19% |
| Property tax rate | 0.48% | 0.77% |
| Groceries, gas & goods | 99 | 99 |
| Utilities | 85 | 93 |
Price levels are indexes where 100 is the national average. They cover everyday spending only; housing is the two rows above.
What changes each month
| Monthly | CO | GA | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing | |||
| Housing (median rent)Biggest factor | $1,761 | $1,393 | -$368 |
| Taxes | |||
| State income tax | $234 | $294 | +$60 |
| Sales tax (on everyday spending) | $43 | $59 | +$16 |
| Everyday costs | |||
| Groceries, gas & goods | $1,810 | $1,814 | +$4 |
| Utilities | $347 | $379 | +$32 |
| Total | -$260 | ||
What the move itself costs
$3,000 to $6,500
From a container you load yourself up to full-service movers.
Shipping one car adds about $750 to $1,050, against roughly $450 in fuel and lodging to drive it the 3-day trip yourself.
These are statewide figures. Denver is not Colorado-average and Atlanta is not Georgia-average, so a specific city can look nothing like its state. Compare metro areas instead to narrow it to 387 real places, including which side of a state line you would live on.
Run this with your own numbers
Estimates only, not advice. Housing and income figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2024); price levels from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024); tax rates are for the 2026 tax year, compiled from state revenue departments and the Tax Foundation. Moving costs are modelled from published ranges rather than quoted. Every figure is a statewide median or average and will not match any particular household.