Rhode Island vs West 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 7 of them and West Virginia on 8, 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 IslandWest Virginia
Home price$517,078$182,704
Rent paid$1,357$868
Cost of living110.688.3
Income$83,504$60,798
Property tax1.12%0.51%
Income tax5.99%4.82%
Sales tax7.00%6.60%
Electric bill$166$167
Temperature50.9°F53.9°F
Snowfall18.9 in22.9 in
Precipitation45.6 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.87 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.013.7
Bachelor's or higher39.0%24.4%
Crime rate154249
Commute26.3 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.1%4.2%
Population change+1.6%-1.5%
Wildfire risk26.441.2
Flood risk85.579.2
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.