Kansas 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.
Kansas 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.
MeasureKansasRhode Island
Home price$252,794$517,078
Rent paid$1,051$1,357
Cost of living88.8110.6
Income$75,514$83,504
Property tax1.21%1.12%
Income tax5.58%5.99%
Sales tax8.71%7.00%
Electric bill$131$166
Temperature56.7°F50.9°F
Snowfall17.2 in18.9 in
Precipitation33.5 in45.6 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.613.0
Bachelor's or higher36.0%39.0%
Crime rate439154
Commute20.0 min26.3 min
Unemployment3.8%4.1%
Population change+1.3%+1.6%
Wildfire risk70.026.4
Flood risk69.485.5
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.