New Jersey vs Rhode Island
Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.
Compare every measure interactivelyNew Jersey comes out ahead on 3 of them and Rhode Island on 4, 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 JerseyRhode Island
Typical home value$575,123$508,507
Home price-to-income5.5×6.1×
Household income$104,294$83,504
Property tax1.88%1.12%
Income tax10.75%5.99%
Sales tax6.60%7.00%
Temperature54.1°F50.9°F
Population9,500,8511,112,308
Cost of living115.1110.6
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.