New Hampshire 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.
New Hampshire comes out ahead on 12 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.
MeasureNew HampshireNew Jersey
Home price$522,944$584,681
Rent paid$1,488$1,719
Cost of living111.4115.1
Income$99,782$104,294
Property tax1.50%1.88%
Income tax0.00%10.75%
Sales tax0.00%6.60%
Electric bill$168$159
Temperature46.7°F54.1°F
Snowfall50.6 in17.4 in
Precipitation40.2 in38.7 in
Sunshine3.78 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.411.8
Bachelor's or higher41.5%44.5%
Crime rate110218
Commute27.5 min31.9 min
Unemployment2.9%4.5%
Population change+2.7%+2.8%
Wildfire risk45.250.6
Flood risk85.595.7
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.