North Carolina vs South Dakota
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 3 of them and South Dakota on 12, 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 Dakota
Home price$340,430$325,618
Rent paid$1,215$941
Cost of living97.891.9
Income$73,958$76,881
Property tax0.66%1.00%
Income tax3.99%0.00%
Sales tax7.10%6.11%
Electric bill$151$138
Temperature60.3°F47.4°F
Snowfall2.3 in29.7 in
Precipitation42.5 in23.7 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²4.08 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.414.2
Bachelor's or higher37.1%34.2%
Crime rate376362
Commute25.7 min18.5 min
Unemployment3.6%2.0%
Population change+7.2%+5.5%
Wildfire risk53.875.5
Flood risk84.654.5
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.