Minnesota vs New Jersey
Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.
Compare every measure interactivelyMinnesota comes out ahead on 5 of them and New Jersey on 2, 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.
MeasureMinnesotaNew Jersey
Typical home value$348,778$575,123
Home price-to-income4.0×5.5×
Household income$87,117$104,294
Property tax1.00%1.88%
Income tax9.85%10.75%
Sales tax8.14%6.60%
Temperature45.6°F54.1°F
Population5,793,1519,500,851
Cost of living94.6115.1
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.