Massachusetts 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.
Massachusetts comes out ahead on 5 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.
MeasureMassachusettsSouth Carolina
Home price$672,867$309,323
Rent paid$1,788$1,194
Cost of living141.294.7
Income$104,828$72,350
Property tax1.00%0.49%
Income tax9.00%6.00%
Sales tax6.25%7.49%
Electric bill$183$166
Temperature50.1°F63.4°F
Snowfall29.5 in1.5 in
Precipitation42.1 in42.9 in
Sunshine3.82 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.014.3
Bachelor's or higher48.3%33.3%
Crime rate315437
Commute30.6 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.4%4.4%
Population change+1.7%+8.8%
Wildfire risk51.071.1
Flood risk94.782.7
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.