Idaho 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.
Idaho 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.
MeasureIdahoSouth Carolina
Home price$482,199$309,323
Rent paid$1,251$1,194
Cost of living99.994.7
Income$81,166$72,350
Property tax0.50%0.49%
Income tax5.30%6.00%
Sales tax6.03%7.49%
Electric bill$112$166
Temperature50.2°F63.4°F
Snowfall17.8 in1.5 in
Precipitation17.4 in42.9 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.414.3
Bachelor's or higher33.0%33.3%
Crime rate231437
Commute22.2 min26.3 min
Unemployment3.7%4.4%
Population change+10.4%+8.8%
Wildfire risk90.471.1
Flood risk69.582.7
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.