Florida 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.
Florida comes out ahead on 5 of them and South Carolina on 10, 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.
MeasureFloridaSouth Carolina
Home price$378,126$309,323
Rent paid$1,644$1,194
Cost of living102.294.7
Income$77,735$72,350
Property tax0.78%0.49%
Income tax0.00%6.00%
Sales tax6.98%7.49%
Electric bill$169$166
Temperature74°F63.4°F
Snowfall0.2 in1.5 in
Precipitation43.3 in42.9 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.514.3
Bachelor's or higher35.8%33.3%
Crime rate267437
Commute28.9 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.7%4.4%
Population change+8.9%+8.8%
Wildfire risk92.871.1
Flood risk93.182.7
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.