District of Columbia 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.
District of Columbia comes out ahead on 7 of them and Rhode Island on 8, 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.
MeasureDistrict of ColumbiaRhode Island
Home price$579,332$517,078
Rent paid$1,954$1,357
Cost of living138.8110.6
Income$109,707$83,504
Property tax0.61%1.12%
Income tax10.75%5.99%
Sales tax6.00%7.00%
Electric bill$152$166
Snowfall10.2 in18.9 in
Precipitation39.7 in45.6 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.013.0
Bachelor's or higher65.5%39.0%
Crime rate1,006154
Commute31.0 min26.3 min
Unemployment6.0%4.1%
Population change+0.6%+1.6%
Wildfire risk26.226.4
Flood risk97.485.5
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.