New Jersey 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 Jersey comes out ahead on 5 of them and Rhode Island on 10, 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
Home price$584,681$517,078
Rent paid$1,719$1,357
Cost of living115.1110.6
Income$104,294$83,504
Property tax1.88%1.12%
Income tax10.75%5.99%
Sales tax6.60%7.00%
Electric bill$159$166
Temperature54.1°F50.9°F
Snowfall17.4 in18.9 in
Precipitation38.7 in45.6 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.813.0
Bachelor's or higher44.5%39.0%
Crime rate218154
Commute31.9 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.5%4.1%
Population change+2.8%+1.6%
Wildfire risk50.626.4
Flood risk95.785.5
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.