Connecticut 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.
Connecticut comes out ahead on 6 of them and Rhode Island on 9, 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.
MeasureConnecticutRhode Island
Home price$455,424$517,078
Rent paid$1,537$1,357
Cost of living112.7110.6
Income$96,049$83,504
Property tax1.54%1.12%
Income tax6.99%5.99%
Sales tax6.35%7.00%
Electric bill$204$166
Temperature51.3°F50.9°F
Snowfall25.9 in18.9 in
Precipitation42.5 in45.6 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.313.0
Bachelor's or higher42.6%39.0%
Crime rate136154
Commute27.0 min26.3 min
Unemployment5.2%4.1%
Population change+2.2%+1.6%
Wildfire risk45.026.4
Flood risk95.885.5
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.