Indiana 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.
Indiana comes out ahead on 9 of them and New Jersey on 5, 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.
MeasureIndianaNew Jersey
Home price$262,265$584,681
Rent paid$1,063$1,719
Cost of living91115.1
Income$71,959$104,294
Property tax0.76%1.88%
Income tax2.95%10.75%
Sales tax7.00%6.60%
Electric bill$160$159
Temperature52.6°F54.1°F
Snowfall26.8 in17.4 in
Precipitation38.0 in38.7 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.511.8
Bachelor's or higher30.7%44.5%
Crime rate313218
Commute24.6 min31.9 min
Unemployment3.3%4.5%
Population change+2.8%+2.8%
Wildfire risk24.650.6
Flood risk75.895.7
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.