South Carolina vs Wyoming
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 4 of them and Wyoming on 11, 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 CarolinaWyoming
Home price$309,323$372,526
Rent paid$1,194$1,010
Cost of living94.793.7
Income$72,350$75,532
Property tax0.49%0.53%
Income tax6.00%0.00%
Sales tax7.49%5.39%
Electric bill$166$115
Temperature63.4°F45.1°F
Snowfall1.5 in44.9 in
Precipitation42.9 in15.9 in
Sunshine4.60 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.312.5
Bachelor's or higher33.3%32.3%
Crime rate437203
Commute26.3 min19.7 min
Unemployment4.4%3.2%
Population change+8.8%+2.1%
Wildfire risk71.186.6
Flood risk82.754.1
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.