South 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.
South Carolina comes out ahead on 4 of them and South Dakota on 11, 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.
MeasureSouth CarolinaSouth Dakota
Home price$309,323$325,618
Rent paid$1,194$941
Cost of living94.791.9
Income$72,350$76,881
Property tax0.49%1.00%
Income tax6.00%0.00%
Sales tax7.49%6.11%
Electric bill$166$138
Temperature63.4°F47.4°F
Snowfall1.5 in29.7 in
Precipitation42.9 in23.7 in
Sunshine4.60 kWh/m²4.08 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.314.2
Bachelor's or higher33.3%34.2%
Crime rate437362
Commute26.3 min18.5 min
Unemployment4.4%2.0%
Population change+8.8%+5.5%
Wildfire risk71.175.5
Flood risk82.754.5
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.