Florida 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.
Florida comes out ahead on 8 of them and New Jersey on 7, 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.
MeasureFloridaNew Jersey
Home price$378,126$584,681
Rent paid$1,644$1,719
Cost of living102.2115.1
Income$77,735$104,294
Property tax0.78%1.88%
Income tax0.00%10.75%
Sales tax6.98%6.60%
Electric bill$169$159
Temperature74°F54.1°F
Snowfall0.2 in17.4 in
Precipitation43.3 in38.7 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.511.8
Bachelor's or higher35.8%44.5%
Crime rate267218
Commute28.9 min31.9 min
Unemployment4.7%4.5%
Population change+8.9%+2.8%
Wildfire risk92.850.6
Flood risk93.195.7
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.