South Carolina vs Texas
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 8 of them and Texas on 6, 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 CarolinaTexas
Home price$309,323$302,999
Rent paid$1,194$1,386
Cost of living94.792.1
Income$72,350$79,721
Property tax0.49%1.40%
Income tax6.00%0.00%
Sales tax7.49%8.20%
Electric bill$166$174
Temperature63.4°F69.7°F
Snowfall1.5 in1.0 in
Precipitation42.9 in33.1 in
Sunshine4.60 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.315.1
Bachelor's or higher33.3%35.2%
Crime rate437389
Commute26.3 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.4%4.4%
Population change+8.8%+8.8%
Wildfire risk71.183.5
Flood risk82.789.2
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.