South Carolina vs West 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 1 of them and West Virginia on 5, 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 CarolinaWest Virginia
Typical home value$304,319$176,576
Home price-to-income4.2×2.9×
Household income$72,350$60,798
Property tax0.49%0.51%
Income tax6.00%4.82%
Sales tax7.49%6.60%
Temperature63.4°F53.9°F
Population5,478,8311,769,979
Cost of living94.788.3
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.