California 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.
California comes out ahead on 4 of them and Rhode Island 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.
MeasureCaliforniaRhode Island
Home price$775,549$517,078
Rent paid$2,042$1,357
Cost of living142.3110.6
Income$100,149$83,504
Property tax0.70%1.12%
Income tax13.30%5.99%
Sales tax9.03%7.00%
Electric bill$161$166
Temperature62.7°F50.9°F
Snowfall4.3 in18.9 in
Precipitation18.4 in45.6 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.913.0
Bachelor's or higher38.1%39.0%
Crime rate486154
Commute29.7 min26.3 min
Unemployment5.2%4.1%
Population change-0.5%+1.6%
Wildfire risk96.826.4
Flood risk98.585.5
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.