South Carolina vs Utah
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 5 of them and Utah on 10, 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 CarolinaUtah
Home price$309,323$541,692
Rent paid$1,194$1,489
Cost of living94.7102.2
Income$72,350$96,658
Property tax0.49%0.48%
Income tax6.00%4.50%
Sales tax7.49%7.42%
Electric bill$166$102
Temperature63.4°F51.6°F
Snowfall1.5 in65.6 in
Precipitation42.9 in17.3 in
Sunshine4.60 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.321.9
Bachelor's or higher33.3%39.1%
Crime rate437230
Commute26.3 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.4%3.6%
Population change+8.8%+8.2%
Wildfire risk71.195.3
Flood risk82.774.6
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.