Maryland 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.
Maryland comes out ahead on 6 of them and South Carolina on 9, 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.
MeasureMarylandSouth Carolina
Home price$436,104$309,323
Rent paid$1,732$1,194
Cost of living115.494.7
Income$102,905$72,350
Property tax0.92%0.49%
Income tax6.50%6.00%
Sales tax6.00%7.49%
Electric bill$209$166
Temperature56.1°F63.4°F
Snowfall15.2 in1.5 in
Precipitation37.4 in42.9 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.614.3
Bachelor's or higher44.7%33.3%
Crime rate420437
Commute32.3 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.3%4.4%
Population change+1.4%+8.8%
Wildfire risk33.571.1
Flood risk81.782.7
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.