Kansas 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.
Kansas comes out ahead on 11 of them and South Carolina on 4, 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.
MeasureKansasSouth Carolina
Home price$252,794$309,323
Rent paid$1,051$1,194
Cost of living88.894.7
Income$75,514$72,350
Property tax1.21%0.49%
Income tax5.58%6.00%
Sales tax8.71%7.49%
Electric bill$131$166
Temperature56.7°F63.4°F
Snowfall17.2 in1.5 in
Precipitation33.5 in42.9 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.614.3
Bachelor's or higher36.0%33.3%
Crime rate439437
Commute20.0 min26.3 min
Unemployment3.8%4.4%
Population change+1.3%+8.8%
Wildfire risk70.071.1
Flood risk69.482.7
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.