Georgia
Augusta
Augusta is the medical, military, and lower-cost comparison market, useful for checking housing value, utilities, wages, and benefits access.
- Median rent: $1,365
- Home price: $177,114
- Salary needed: $58,500
- Move score: 81/100
Cost comparison
Compare rent, housing, utilities, groceries, salary needs, and move score across the city profiles currently available in LifeAtlas.
Georgia
Augusta is the medical, military, and lower-cost comparison market, useful for checking housing value, utilities, wages, and benefits access.
Georgia
Rome is a supplemental starter city profile for the northwest Georgia regional market in Georgia, useful for route coverage and starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
Comparison
Rome has the lower salary-needed estimate, while Rome has the lower starter rent. Differences are shown as Rome minus Augusta.
| Metric | Augusta | Rome | Difference | Advantage | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,365 | $1,279 | -$86 | Rome | Rome has the lower median rent. |
| Home price | $177,114 | $232,680 | +$55,566 | Augusta | Augusta has the lower home price. |
| Utilities | $186/mo | $203/mo | +$17/mo | Augusta | Augusta has the lower utilities. |
| Groceries index | 101 | 105 | +4 | Augusta | Augusta has the lower groceries index. |
| Salary needed | $58,500 | $52,634 | -$5,866 | Rome | Rome has the lower salary needed. |
| Move score | 81/100 | 80/100 | -1 | Augusta | Augusta has the higher move score. |
Source Discipline
Last reviewed: 2026-05-17
Source Discipline
Last reviewed: 2026-05-18