Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.
Compare every measure interactivelyMassachusetts comes out ahead on 4 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.
MeasureMassachusettsNew Jersey
Typical home value$655,219$575,123
Home price-to-income6.3×5.5×
Household income$104,828$104,294
Property tax1.00%1.88%
Income tax9.00%10.75%
Sales tax6.25%6.60%
Temperature50.1°F54.1°F
Population7,136,1719,500,851
Cost of living141.2115.1
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.