South Carolina vs Washington
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 11 of them and Washington on 4, 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 CarolinaWashington
Home price$309,323$603,303
Rent paid$1,194$1,712
Cost of living94.7114.1
Income$72,350$99,389
Property tax0.49%0.75%
Income tax6.00%0.00%
Sales tax7.49%9.57%
Electric bill$166$130
Temperature63.4°F50°F
Snowfall1.5 in5.4 in
Precipitation42.9 in56.5 in
Sunshine4.60 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.318.3
Bachelor's or higher33.3%41.0%
Crime rate437326
Commute26.3 min27.2 min
Unemployment4.4%5.2%
Population change+8.8%+3.8%
Wildfire risk71.174.2
Flood risk82.791.4
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.