Rhode Island vs South Carolina
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Rhode Island comes out ahead on 7 of them and South Carolina on 6, 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.
MeasureRhode IslandSouth Carolina
Home price$517,078$309,323
Rent paid$1,357$1,194
Cost of living110.694.7
Income$83,504$72,350
Property tax1.12%0.49%
Income tax5.99%6.00%
Sales tax7.00%7.49%
Electric bill$166$166
Temperature50.9°F63.4°F
Snowfall18.9 in1.5 in
Precipitation45.6 in42.9 in
Sunshine3.87 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.014.3
Bachelor's or higher39.0%33.3%
Crime rate154437
Commute26.3 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.1%4.4%
Population change+1.6%+8.8%
Wildfire risk26.471.1
Flood risk85.582.7
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.