South Carolina vs Virginia
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 Virginia on 8, 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 CarolinaVirginia
Home price$309,323$419,920
Rent paid$1,194$1,599
Cost of living94.7100.8
Income$72,350$92,090
Property tax0.49%0.78%
Income tax6.00%5.75%
Sales tax7.49%5.77%
Electric bill$166$173
Temperature63.4°F57.6°F
Snowfall1.5 in11.3 in
Precipitation42.9 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.60 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.314.0
Bachelor's or higher33.3%43.3%
Crime rate437218
Commute26.3 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.4%3.7%
Population change+8.8%+2.9%
Wildfire risk71.133.1
Flood risk82.767.2
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.