Pennsylvania 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.
Pennsylvania 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.
MeasurePennsylvaniaSouth Carolina
Home price$294,099$309,323
Rent paid$1,224$1,194
Cost of living97.294.7
Income$77,545$72,350
Property tax1.26%0.49%
Income tax3.07%6.00%
Sales tax6.34%7.49%
Electric bill$173$166
Temperature52°F63.4°F
Snowfall21.7 in1.5 in
Precipitation39.6 in42.9 in
Sunshine3.90 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.514.3
Bachelor's or higher36.4%33.3%
Crime rate246437
Commute27.1 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.1%4.4%
Population change+0.4%+8.8%
Wildfire risk38.771.1
Flood risk92.382.7
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.