Missouri 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.
Missouri comes out ahead on 10 of them and New Jersey on 5, 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.
MeasureMissouriNew Jersey
Home price$271,597$584,681
Rent paid$1,030$1,719
Cost of living89115.1
Income$71,589$104,294
Property tax0.89%1.88%
Income tax4.70%10.75%
Sales tax8.44%6.60%
Electric bill$145$159
Temperature56.9°F54.1°F
Snowfall14.0 in17.4 in
Precipitation37.4 in38.7 in
Sunshine4.25 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.011.8
Bachelor's or higher33.5%44.5%
Crime rate462218
Commute24.0 min31.9 min
Unemployment3.7%4.5%
Population change+1.9%+2.8%
Wildfire risk54.050.6
Flood risk79.495.7
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.