Kentucky 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.
Kentucky comes out ahead on 12 of them and New Jersey on 3, 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.
MeasureKentuckyNew Jersey
Home price$235,363$584,681
Rent paid$957$1,719
Cost of living92.5115.1
Income$64,526$104,294
Property tax0.74%1.88%
Income tax3.50%10.75%
Sales tax6.00%6.60%
Electric bill$155$159
Temperature56.9°F54.1°F
Snowfall13.4 in17.4 in
Precipitation57.0 in38.7 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.611.8
Bachelor's or higher27.9%44.5%
Crime rate213218
Commute24.5 min31.9 min
Unemployment4.7%4.5%
Population change+2.2%+2.8%
Wildfire risk34.450.6
Flood risk70.495.7
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.