Rhode Island vs Texas
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 11 of them and Texas on 4, 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 IslandTexas
Home price$517,078$302,999
Rent paid$1,357$1,386
Cost of living110.692.1
Income$83,504$79,721
Property tax1.12%1.40%
Income tax5.99%0.00%
Sales tax7.00%8.20%
Electric bill$166$174
Temperature50.9°F69.7°F
Snowfall18.9 in1.0 in
Precipitation45.6 in33.1 in
Sunshine3.87 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.015.1
Bachelor's or higher39.0%35.2%
Crime rate154389
Commute26.3 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.1%4.4%
Population change+1.6%+8.8%
Wildfire risk26.483.5
Flood risk85.589.2
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.