North Carolina vs South Carolina
Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.
Compare every measure interactivelyNorth 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.