Michigan 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.
Michigan comes out ahead on 8 of them and Rhode Island on 7, 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.
MeasureMichiganRhode Island
Home price$269,972$517,078
Rent paid$1,117$1,357
Cost of living90.1110.6
Income$72,389$83,504
Property tax1.19%1.12%
Income tax4.25%5.99%
Sales tax6.00%7.00%
Electric bill$131$166
Temperature48.9°F50.9°F
Snowfall47.5 in18.9 in
Precipitation30.4 in45.6 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.913.0
Bachelor's or higher33.3%39.0%
Crime rate434154
Commute24.3 min26.3 min
Unemployment5.0%4.1%
Population change+0.5%+1.6%
Wildfire risk39.826.4
Flood risk84.685.5
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.