Rhode Island vs South Dakota
Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.
Compare every measure interactivelyRhode Island comes out ahead on 1 of them and South Dakota 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 Dakota
Typical home value$508,507$317,874
Home price-to-income6.1×4.1×
Household income$83,504$76,881
Property tax1.12%1.00%
Income tax5.99%0.00%
Sales tax7.00%6.11%
Temperature50.9°F47.4°F
Population1,112,308924,669
Cost of living110.691.9
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.