Colorado 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.
Colorado comes out ahead on 9 of them and Rhode Island on 6, 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.
MeasureColoradoRhode Island
Home price$543,435$517,078
Rent paid$1,727$1,357
Cost of living102.7110.6
Income$97,113$83,504
Property tax0.50%1.12%
Income tax4.40%5.99%
Sales tax7.89%7.00%
Electric bill$109$166
Temperature49.7°F50.9°F
Snowfall39.1 in18.9 in
Precipitation15.8 in45.6 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.613.0
Bachelor's or higher47.8%39.0%
Crime rate476154
Commute25.7 min26.3 min
Unemployment3.9%4.1%
Population change+4.1%+1.6%
Wildfire risk86.926.4
Flood risk85.485.5
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.