New Hampshire 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.
New Hampshire comes out ahead on 7 of them and South Carolina on 8, 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.
MeasureNew HampshireSouth Carolina
Home price$522,944$309,323
Rent paid$1,488$1,194
Cost of living111.494.7
Income$99,782$72,350
Property tax1.50%0.49%
Income tax0.00%6.00%
Sales tax0.00%7.49%
Electric bill$168$166
Temperature46.7°F63.4°F
Snowfall50.6 in1.5 in
Precipitation40.2 in42.9 in
Sunshine3.78 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.414.3
Bachelor's or higher41.5%33.3%
Crime rate110437
Commute27.5 min26.3 min
Unemployment2.9%4.4%
Population change+2.7%+8.8%
Wildfire risk45.271.1
Flood risk85.582.7
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.