Hawaii 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.
Hawaii comes out ahead on 5 of them and Rhode Island on 10, 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.
MeasureHawaiiRhode Island
Home price$836,741$517,078
Rent paid$1,972$1,357
Cost of living185110.6
Income$100,745$83,504
Property tax0.29%1.12%
Income tax11.00%5.99%
Sales tax4.50%7.00%
Electric bill$215$166
Temperature72.6°F50.9°F
Snowfall0.0 in18.9 in
Precipitation43.9 in45.6 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.213.0
Bachelor's or higher37.8%39.0%
Crime rate218154
Commute26.7 min26.3 min
Unemployment2.6%4.1%
Population change-1.5%+1.6%
Wildfire risk98.226.4
Flood risk98.285.5
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.