South Carolina vs Vermont
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 6 of them and Vermont on 9, 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 CarolinaVermont
Home price$309,323$402,017
Rent paid$1,194$1,239
Cost of living94.7113.6
Income$72,350$82,730
Property tax0.49%1.51%
Income tax6.00%8.75%
Sales tax7.49%6.43%
Electric bill$166$141
Temperature63.4°F44.3°F
Snowfall1.5 in97.9 in
Precipitation42.9 in42.4 in
Sunshine4.60 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.311.5
Bachelor's or higher33.3%45.1%
Crime rate437219
Commute26.3 min23.9 min
Unemployment4.4%2.6%
Population change+8.8%+0.2%
Wildfire risk71.121.0
Flood risk82.764.8
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.