Georgia 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.
Georgia comes out ahead on 8 of them and South Carolina on 7, 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.
MeasureGeorgiaSouth Carolina
Home price$335,358$309,323
Rent paid$1,397$1,194
Cost of living92.594.7
Income$79,991$72,350
Property tax0.79%0.49%
Income tax5.19%6.00%
Sales tax7.56%7.49%
Electric bill$161$166
Temperature63.5°F63.4°F
Snowfall1.0 in1.5 in
Precipitation45.8 in42.9 in
Sunshine4.55 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.414.3
Bachelor's or higher36.3%33.3%
Crime rate326437
Commute29.4 min26.3 min
Unemployment3.4%4.4%
Population change+5.5%+8.8%
Wildfire risk53.471.1
Flood risk74.982.7
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.