New Hampshire 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.
New Hampshire comes out ahead on 6 of them and Rhode Island on 8, 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.
MeasureNew HampshireRhode Island
Home price$522,944$517,078
Rent paid$1,488$1,357
Cost of living111.4110.6
Income$99,782$83,504
Property tax1.50%1.12%
Income tax0.00%5.99%
Sales tax0.00%7.00%
Electric bill$168$166
Temperature46.7°F50.9°F
Snowfall50.6 in18.9 in
Precipitation40.2 in45.6 in
Sunshine3.78 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.413.0
Bachelor's or higher41.5%39.0%
Crime rate110154
Commute27.5 min26.3 min
Unemployment2.9%4.1%
Population change+2.7%+1.6%
Wildfire risk45.226.4
Flood risk85.585.5
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.