Louisiana 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.
Louisiana comes out ahead on 11 of them and New Jersey on 4, 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.
MeasureLouisianaNew Jersey
Home price$217,968$584,681
Rent paid$1,056$1,719
Cost of living92.3115.1
Income$60,986$104,294
Property tax0.55%1.88%
Income tax3.00%10.75%
Sales tax10.13%6.60%
Electric bill$157$159
Temperature69.3°F54.1°F
Snowfall0.8 in17.4 in
Precipitation54.0 in38.7 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.911.8
Bachelor's or higher27.8%44.5%
Crime rate520218
Commute26.2 min31.9 min
Unemployment4.4%4.5%
Population change-0.9%+2.8%
Wildfire risk48.050.6
Flood risk80.195.7
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.