South Carolina vs Tennessee
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 7 of them and Tennessee 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.
MeasureSouth CarolinaTennessee
Home price$309,323$338,769
Rent paid$1,194$1,171
Cost of living94.790.3
Income$72,350$71,997
Property tax0.49%0.52%
Income tax6.00%0.00%
Sales tax7.49%9.61%
Electric bill$166$163
Temperature63.4°F60.1°F
Snowfall1.5 in4.8 in
Precipitation42.9 in53.3 in
Sunshine4.60 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher33.3%32.4%
Crime rate437592
Commute26.3 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.4%3.5%
Population change+8.8%+5.8%
Wildfire risk71.148.1
Flood risk82.776.4
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.