Minnesota 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.
Minnesota comes out ahead on 9 of them and New Jersey on 6, 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
Home price$356,887$584,681
Rent paid$1,272$1,719
Cost of living94.6115.1
Income$87,117$104,294
Property tax1.00%1.88%
Income tax9.85%10.75%
Sales tax8.14%6.60%
Electric bill$119$159
Temperature45.6°F54.1°F
Snowfall30.7 in17.4 in
Precipitation30.4 in38.7 in
Sunshine3.79 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.711.8
Bachelor's or higher40.0%44.5%
Crime rate257218
Commute22.7 min31.9 min
Unemployment4.4%4.5%
Population change+2.2%+2.8%
Wildfire risk57.450.6
Flood risk79.395.7
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.