California 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.
California comes out ahead on 3 of them and South Carolina on 12, 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.
MeasureCaliforniaSouth Carolina
Home price$775,549$309,323
Rent paid$2,042$1,194
Cost of living142.394.7
Income$100,149$72,350
Property tax0.70%0.49%
Income tax13.30%6.00%
Sales tax9.03%7.49%
Electric bill$161$166
Temperature62.7°F63.4°F
Snowfall4.3 in1.5 in
Precipitation18.4 in42.9 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.914.3
Bachelor's or higher38.1%33.3%
Crime rate486437
Commute29.7 min26.3 min
Unemployment5.2%4.4%
Population change-0.5%+8.8%
Wildfire risk96.871.1
Flood risk98.582.7
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.