South Carolina vs Virginia
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 4 of them and Virginia on 3, 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
Typical home value$304,319$412,252
Home price-to-income4.2×4.5×
Household income$72,350$92,090
Property tax0.49%0.78%
Income tax6.00%5.75%
Sales tax7.49%5.77%
Temperature63.4°F57.6°F
Population5,478,8318,811,195
Cost of living94.7100.8
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.