Minnesota 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.
Minnesota comes out ahead on 7 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.
MeasureMinnesotaSouth Carolina
Home price$356,887$309,323
Rent paid$1,272$1,194
Cost of living94.694.7
Income$87,117$72,350
Property tax1.00%0.49%
Income tax9.85%6.00%
Sales tax8.14%7.49%
Electric bill$119$166
Temperature45.6°F63.4°F
Snowfall30.7 in1.5 in
Precipitation30.4 in42.9 in
Sunshine3.79 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.714.3
Bachelor's or higher40.0%33.3%
Crime rate257437
Commute22.7 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.4%4.4%
Population change+2.2%+8.8%
Wildfire risk57.471.1
Flood risk79.382.7
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.