Colorado 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.
Colorado comes out ahead on 9 of them and New Jersey on 6, 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.
MeasureColoradoNew Jersey
Home price$543,435$584,681
Rent paid$1,727$1,719
Cost of living102.7115.1
Income$97,113$104,294
Property tax0.50%1.88%
Income tax4.40%10.75%
Sales tax7.89%6.60%
Electric bill$109$159
Temperature49.7°F54.1°F
Snowfall39.1 in17.4 in
Precipitation15.8 in38.7 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.611.8
Bachelor's or higher47.8%44.5%
Crime rate476218
Commute25.7 min31.9 min
Unemployment3.9%4.5%
Population change+4.1%+2.8%
Wildfire risk86.950.6
Flood risk85.495.7
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.