Massachusetts 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.
Massachusetts comes out ahead on 4 of them and Rhode Island on 11, 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.
MeasureMassachusettsRhode Island
Home price$672,867$517,078
Rent paid$1,788$1,357
Cost of living141.2110.6
Income$104,828$83,504
Property tax1.00%1.12%
Income tax9.00%5.99%
Sales tax6.25%7.00%
Electric bill$183$166
Temperature50.1°F50.9°F
Snowfall29.5 in18.9 in
Precipitation42.1 in45.6 in
Sunshine3.82 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.013.0
Bachelor's or higher48.3%39.0%
Crime rate315154
Commute30.6 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.4%4.1%
Population change+1.7%+1.6%
Wildfire risk51.026.4
Flood risk94.785.5
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.