Oregon 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.
Oregon comes out ahead on 6 of them and South Carolina on 9, 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.
MeasureOregonSouth Carolina
Home price$504,432$309,323
Rent paid$1,497$1,194
Cost of living111.894.7
Income$85,220$72,350
Property tax0.81%0.49%
Income tax9.90%6.00%
Sales tax0.00%7.49%
Electric bill$132$166
Temperature51.9°F63.4°F
Snowfall9.0 in1.5 in
Precipitation50.9 in42.9 in
Sunshine3.84 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.414.3
Bachelor's or higher37.8%33.3%
Crime rate331437
Commute23.2 min26.3 min
Unemployment5.2%4.4%
Population change+0.9%+8.8%
Wildfire risk70.771.1
Flood risk87.982.7
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.