Louisiana 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.
Louisiana comes out ahead on 10 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.
MeasureLouisianaSouth Carolina
Home price$217,968$309,323
Rent paid$1,056$1,194
Cost of living92.394.7
Income$60,986$72,350
Property tax0.55%0.49%
Income tax3.00%6.00%
Sales tax10.13%7.49%
Electric bill$157$166
Temperature69.3°F63.4°F
Snowfall0.8 in1.5 in
Precipitation54.0 in42.9 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.914.3
Bachelor's or higher27.8%33.3%
Crime rate520437
Commute26.2 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.4%4.4%
Population change-0.9%+8.8%
Wildfire risk48.071.1
Flood risk80.182.7
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.