Delaware 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.
Delaware comes out ahead on 4 of them and South Carolina on 11, 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.
MeasureDelawareSouth Carolina
Home price$412,252$309,323
Rent paid$1,378$1,194
Cost of living101.994.7
Income$87,534$72,350
Property tax0.54%0.49%
Income tax6.60%6.00%
Sales tax0.00%7.49%
Electric bill$167$166
Temperature55.7°F63.4°F
Snowfall13.6 in1.5 in
Precipitation39.5 in42.9 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.814.3
Bachelor's or higher36.0%33.3%
Crime rate361437
Commute26.8 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.9%4.4%
Population change+7.1%+8.8%
Wildfire risk67.471.1
Flood risk93.782.7
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.