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North Carolina vs South Carolina

Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.

Compare every measure interactively

North Carolina comes out ahead on 3 of them and South Carolina on 4, 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
Typical home value$332,159$304,319
Home price-to-income4.5×4.2×
Household income$73,958$72,350
Property tax0.66%0.49%
Income tax3.99%6.00%
Sales tax7.10%7.49%
Temperature60.3°F63.4°F
Population11,046,0245,478,831
Cost of living97.894.7

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.