New York 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 York 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.
MeasureNew YorkRhode Island
Home price$525,947$517,078
Rent paid$1,671$1,357
Cost of living125.1110.6
Income$85,820$83,504
Property tax1.30%1.12%
Income tax10.90%5.99%
Sales tax8.54%7.00%
Electric bill$164$166
Temperature52.4°F50.9°F
Snowfall39.2 in18.9 in
Precipitation37.2 in45.6 in
Sunshine3.88 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.613.0
Bachelor's or higher41.2%39.0%
Crime rate380154
Commute33.2 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.6%4.1%
Population change-1.0%+1.6%
Wildfire risk34.826.4
Flood risk94.685.5
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.