Rhode Island vs Washington
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 Washington 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 IslandWashington
Home price$517,078$603,303
Rent paid$1,357$1,712
Cost of living110.6114.1
Income$83,504$99,389
Property tax1.12%0.75%
Income tax5.99%0.00%
Sales tax7.00%9.57%
Electric bill$166$130
Temperature50.9°F50°F
Snowfall18.9 in5.4 in
Precipitation45.6 in56.5 in
Sunshine3.87 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.018.3
Bachelor's or higher39.0%41.0%
Crime rate154326
Commute26.3 min27.2 min
Unemployment4.1%5.2%
Population change+1.6%+3.8%
Wildfire risk26.474.2
Flood risk85.591.4
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.