South Carolina vs Wisconsin
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 Wisconsin 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 CarolinaWisconsin
Home price$309,323$342,279
Rent paid$1,194$1,071
Cost of living94.797.7
Income$72,350$77,488
Property tax0.49%1.32%
Income tax6.00%7.65%
Sales tax7.49%5.72%
Electric bill$166$124
Temperature63.4°F46.7°F
Snowfall1.5 in40.1 in
Precipitation42.9 in32.1 in
Sunshine4.60 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.313.9
Bachelor's or higher33.3%34.6%
Crime rate437279
Commute26.3 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.4%3.3%
Population change+8.8%+1.3%
Wildfire risk71.134.9
Flood risk82.778.5
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.