South Carolina vs Texas
Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.
Compare every measure interactivelySouth Carolina comes out ahead on 2 of them and Texas on 5, 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
Typical home value$304,319$296,424
Home price-to-income4.2×3.7×
Household income$72,350$79,721
Property tax0.49%1.40%
Income tax6.00%0.00%
Sales tax7.49%8.20%
Temperature63.4°F69.7°F
Population5,478,83131,290,831
Cost of living94.792.1
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.