Rhode Island vs Wyoming
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 3 of them and Wyoming on 12, 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 IslandWyoming
Home price$517,078$372,526
Rent paid$1,357$1,010
Cost of living110.693.7
Income$83,504$75,532
Property tax1.12%0.53%
Income tax5.99%0.00%
Sales tax7.00%5.39%
Electric bill$166$115
Temperature50.9°F45.1°F
Snowfall18.9 in44.9 in
Precipitation45.6 in15.9 in
Sunshine3.87 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.012.5
Bachelor's or higher39.0%32.3%
Crime rate154203
Commute26.3 min19.7 min
Unemployment4.1%3.2%
Population change+1.6%+2.1%
Wildfire risk26.486.6
Flood risk85.554.1
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.