Rhode Island vs South Dakota
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 4 of them and South Dakota 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.
MeasureRhode IslandSouth Dakota
Home price$517,078$325,618
Rent paid$1,357$941
Cost of living110.691.9
Income$83,504$76,881
Property tax1.12%1.00%
Income tax5.99%0.00%
Sales tax7.00%6.11%
Electric bill$166$138
Temperature50.9°F47.4°F
Snowfall18.9 in29.7 in
Precipitation45.6 in23.7 in
Sunshine3.87 kWh/m²4.08 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.014.2
Bachelor's or higher39.0%34.2%
Crime rate154362
Commute26.3 min18.5 min
Unemployment4.1%2.0%
Population change+1.6%+5.5%
Wildfire risk26.475.5
Flood risk85.554.5
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.