Pennsylvania 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.
Pennsylvania 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.
MeasurePennsylvaniaRhode Island
Home price$294,099$517,078
Rent paid$1,224$1,357
Cost of living97.2110.6
Income$77,545$83,504
Property tax1.26%1.12%
Income tax3.07%5.99%
Sales tax6.34%7.00%
Electric bill$173$166
Temperature52°F50.9°F
Snowfall21.7 in18.9 in
Precipitation39.6 in45.6 in
Sunshine3.90 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.513.0
Bachelor's or higher36.4%39.0%
Crime rate246154
Commute27.1 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.1%4.1%
Population change+0.4%+1.6%
Wildfire risk38.726.4
Flood risk92.385.5
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.