Arizona 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.
Arizona comes out ahead on 6 of them and South Carolina on 9, 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.
MeasureArizonaSouth Carolina
Home price$422,822$309,323
Rent paid$1,518$1,194
Cost of living110.794.7
Income$81,486$72,350
Property tax0.48%0.49%
Income tax2.50%6.00%
Sales tax8.54%7.49%
Electric bill$161$166
Temperature70.7°F63.4°F
Snowfall2.0 in1.5 in
Precipitation9.0 in42.9 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.914.3
Bachelor's or higher34.7%33.3%
Crime rate422437
Commute26.4 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.9%4.4%
Population change+6.5%+8.8%
Wildfire risk98.271.1
Flood risk98.382.7
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.