Rhode Island vs Texas
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 3 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
Typical home value$508,507$296,424
Home price-to-income6.1×3.7×
Household income$83,504$79,721
Property tax1.12%1.40%
Income tax5.99%0.00%
Sales tax7.00%8.20%
Temperature50.9°F69.7°F
Population1,112,30831,290,831
Cost of living110.692.1
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.