Arizona vs Rhode Island
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Arizona comes out ahead on 5 of them and Rhode Island 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.
MeasureArizonaRhode Island
Home price$422,822$517,078
Rent paid$1,518$1,357
Cost of living110.7110.6
Income$81,486$83,504
Property tax0.48%1.12%
Income tax2.50%5.99%
Sales tax8.54%7.00%
Electric bill$161$166
Temperature70.7°F50.9°F
Snowfall2.0 in18.9 in
Precipitation9.0 in45.6 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.913.0
Bachelor's or higher34.7%39.0%
Crime rate422154
Commute26.4 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.9%4.1%
Population change+6.5%+1.6%
Wildfire risk98.226.4
Flood risk98.385.5
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.