North Carolina 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.
North Carolina comes out ahead on 8 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.
MeasureNorth CarolinaSouth Carolina
Home price$340,430$309,323
Rent paid$1,215$1,194
Cost of living97.894.7
Income$73,958$72,350
Property tax0.66%0.49%
Income tax3.99%6.00%
Sales tax7.10%7.49%
Electric bill$151$166
Temperature60.3°F63.4°F
Snowfall2.3 in1.5 in
Precipitation42.5 in42.9 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.414.3
Bachelor's or higher37.1%33.3%
Crime rate376437
Commute25.7 min26.3 min
Unemployment3.6%4.4%
Population change+7.2%+8.8%
Wildfire risk53.871.1
Flood risk84.682.7
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.