Rhode Island vs Virginia
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 Virginia 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 IslandVirginia
Home price$517,078$419,920
Rent paid$1,357$1,599
Cost of living110.6100.8
Income$83,504$92,090
Property tax1.12%0.78%
Income tax5.99%5.75%
Sales tax7.00%5.77%
Electric bill$166$173
Temperature50.9°F57.6°F
Snowfall18.9 in11.3 in
Precipitation45.6 in40.8 in
Sunshine3.87 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.014.0
Bachelor's or higher39.0%43.3%
Crime rate154218
Commute26.3 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.1%3.7%
Population change+1.6%+2.9%
Wildfire risk26.433.1
Flood risk85.567.2
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.