Florida 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.
Florida 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.
MeasureFloridaRhode Island
Home price$378,126$517,078
Rent paid$1,644$1,357
Cost of living102.2110.6
Income$77,735$83,504
Property tax0.78%1.12%
Income tax0.00%5.99%
Sales tax6.98%7.00%
Electric bill$169$166
Temperature74°F50.9°F
Snowfall0.2 in18.9 in
Precipitation43.3 in45.6 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.513.0
Bachelor's or higher35.8%39.0%
Crime rate267154
Commute28.9 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.7%4.1%
Population change+8.9%+1.6%
Wildfire risk92.826.4
Flood risk93.185.5
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.