South Carolina vs Washington
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 5 of them and Washington on 2, 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
Typical home value$304,319$587,533
Home price-to-income4.2×5.9×
Household income$72,350$99,389
Property tax0.49%0.75%
Income tax6.00%0.00%
Sales tax7.49%9.57%
Temperature63.4°F50°F
Population5,478,8317,958,180
Cost of living94.7114.1
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.