South Carolina vs West 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 5 of them and West Virginia on 10, 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
Home price$309,323$182,704
Rent paid$1,194$868
Cost of living94.788.3
Income$72,350$60,798
Property tax0.49%0.51%
Income tax6.00%4.82%
Sales tax7.49%6.60%
Electric bill$166$167
Temperature63.4°F53.9°F
Snowfall1.5 in22.9 in
Precipitation42.9 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.60 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.313.7
Bachelor's or higher33.3%24.4%
Crime rate437249
Commute26.3 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.4%4.2%
Population change+8.8%-1.5%
Wildfire risk71.141.2
Flood risk82.779.2
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.