New York 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 York comes out ahead on 5 of them and South Carolina on 10, 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 YorkSouth Carolina
Home price$525,947$309,323
Rent paid$1,671$1,194
Cost of living125.194.7
Income$85,820$72,350
Property tax1.30%0.49%
Income tax10.90%6.00%
Sales tax8.54%7.49%
Electric bill$164$166
Temperature52.4°F63.4°F
Snowfall39.2 in1.5 in
Precipitation37.2 in42.9 in
Sunshine3.88 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.614.3
Bachelor's or higher41.2%33.3%
Crime rate380437
Commute33.2 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.6%4.4%
Population change-1.0%+8.8%
Wildfire risk34.871.1
Flood risk94.682.7
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.