Rhode Island vs Utah
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 6 of them and Utah 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 IslandUtah
Home price$517,078$541,692
Rent paid$1,357$1,489
Cost of living110.6102.2
Income$83,504$96,658
Property tax1.12%0.48%
Income tax5.99%4.50%
Sales tax7.00%7.42%
Electric bill$166$102
Temperature50.9°F51.6°F
Snowfall18.9 in65.6 in
Precipitation45.6 in17.3 in
Sunshine3.87 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.021.9
Bachelor's or higher39.0%39.1%
Crime rate154230
Commute26.3 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.1%3.6%
Population change+1.6%+8.2%
Wildfire risk26.495.3
Flood risk85.574.6
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.