Rhode Island vs Wisconsin
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 Wisconsin 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 IslandWisconsin
Home price$517,078$342,279
Rent paid$1,357$1,071
Cost of living110.697.7
Income$83,504$77,488
Property tax1.12%1.32%
Income tax5.99%7.65%
Sales tax7.00%5.72%
Electric bill$166$124
Temperature50.9°F46.7°F
Snowfall18.9 in40.1 in
Precipitation45.6 in32.1 in
Sunshine3.87 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.013.9
Bachelor's or higher39.0%34.6%
Crime rate154279
Commute26.3 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.1%3.3%
Population change+1.6%+1.3%
Wildfire risk26.434.9
Flood risk85.578.5
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.