Rhode Island vs Tennessee
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 5 of them and Tennessee 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.
MeasureRhode IslandTennessee
Home price$517,078$338,769
Rent paid$1,357$1,171
Cost of living110.690.3
Income$83,504$71,997
Property tax1.12%0.52%
Income tax5.99%0.00%
Sales tax7.00%9.61%
Electric bill$166$163
Temperature50.9°F60.1°F
Snowfall18.9 in4.8 in
Precipitation45.6 in53.3 in
Sunshine3.87 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher39.0%32.4%
Crime rate154592
Commute26.3 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.1%3.5%
Population change+1.6%+5.8%
Wildfire risk26.448.1
Flood risk85.576.4
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.