Connecticut 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.
Connecticut 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.
MeasureConnecticutNew Jersey
Home price$455,424$584,681
Rent paid$1,537$1,719
Cost of living112.7115.1
Income$96,049$104,294
Property tax1.54%1.88%
Income tax6.99%10.75%
Sales tax6.35%6.60%
Electric bill$204$159
Temperature51.3°F54.1°F
Snowfall25.9 in17.4 in
Precipitation42.5 in38.7 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.311.8
Bachelor's or higher42.6%44.5%
Crime rate136218
Commute27.0 min31.9 min
Unemployment5.2%4.5%
Population change+2.2%+2.8%
Wildfire risk45.050.6
Flood risk95.895.7
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.