Alabama vs South Carolina
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Alabama comes out ahead on 9 of them and South Carolina on 6, 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.
MeasureAlabamaSouth Carolina
Home price$241,517$309,323
Rent paid$1,008$1,194
Cost of living88.694.7
Income$66,659$72,350
Property tax0.37%0.49%
Income tax5.00%6.00%
Sales tax9.46%7.49%
Electric bill$185$166
Temperature64.2°F63.4°F
Snowfall2.0 in1.5 in
Precipitation52.3 in42.9 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.214.3
Bachelor's or higher29.9%33.3%
Crime rate360437
Commute26.0 min26.3 min
Unemployment3.2%4.4%
Population change+3.3%+8.8%
Wildfire risk62.571.1
Flood risk83.382.7
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.