Louisiana 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.
Louisiana 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.
MeasureLouisianaRhode Island
Home price$217,968$517,078
Rent paid$1,056$1,357
Cost of living92.3110.6
Income$60,986$83,504
Property tax0.55%1.12%
Income tax3.00%5.99%
Sales tax10.13%7.00%
Electric bill$157$166
Temperature69.3°F50.9°F
Snowfall0.8 in18.9 in
Precipitation54.0 in45.6 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.913.0
Bachelor's or higher27.8%39.0%
Crime rate520154
Commute26.2 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.4%4.1%
Population change-0.9%+1.6%
Wildfire risk48.026.4
Flood risk80.185.5
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.