Rhode Island vs Vermont
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 Vermont 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 IslandVermont
Home price$517,078$402,017
Rent paid$1,357$1,239
Cost of living110.6113.6
Income$83,504$82,730
Property tax1.12%1.51%
Income tax5.99%8.75%
Sales tax7.00%6.43%
Electric bill$166$141
Temperature50.9°F44.3°F
Snowfall18.9 in97.9 in
Precipitation45.6 in42.4 in
Sunshine3.87 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.011.5
Bachelor's or higher39.0%45.1%
Crime rate154219
Commute26.3 min23.9 min
Unemployment4.1%2.6%
Population change+1.6%+0.2%
Wildfire risk26.421.0
Flood risk85.564.8
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.