Arizona vs New Jersey
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Arizona comes out ahead on 7 of them and New Jersey 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.
MeasureArizonaNew Jersey
Home price$422,822$584,681
Rent paid$1,518$1,719
Cost of living110.7115.1
Income$81,486$104,294
Property tax0.48%1.88%
Income tax2.50%10.75%
Sales tax8.54%6.60%
Electric bill$161$159
Temperature70.7°F54.1°F
Snowfall2.0 in17.4 in
Precipitation9.0 in38.7 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.911.8
Bachelor's or higher34.7%44.5%
Crime rate422218
Commute26.4 min31.9 min
Unemployment4.9%4.5%
Population change+6.5%+2.8%
Wildfire risk98.250.6
Flood risk98.395.7
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.