Oregon 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.

Oregon comes out ahead on 6 of them and Rhode Island on 9, 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.

MeasureOregonRhode Island
Home price$504,432$517,078
Rent paid$1,497$1,357
Cost of living111.8110.6
Income$85,220$83,504
Property tax0.81%1.12%
Income tax9.90%5.99%
Sales tax0.00%7.00%
Electric bill$132$166
Temperature51.9°F50.9°F
Snowfall9.0 in18.9 in
Precipitation50.9 in45.6 in
Sunshine3.84 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.413.0
Bachelor's or higher37.8%39.0%
Crime rate331154
Commute23.2 min26.3 min
Unemployment5.2%4.1%
Population change+0.9%+1.6%
Wildfire risk70.726.4
Flood risk87.985.5

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.

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