New Jersey vs Nevada
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 Jersey comes out ahead on 6 of them and Nevada on 9, 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 JerseyNevada
Home price$584,681$448,215
Rent paid$1,719$1,580
Cost of living115.1100.2
Income$104,294$81,134
Property tax1.88%0.50%
Income tax10.75%0.00%
Sales tax6.60%8.24%
Electric bill$159$117
Temperature54.1°F62.8°F
Snowfall17.4 in1.7 in
Precipitation38.7 in8.6 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²5.55 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.820.0
Bachelor's or higher44.5%28.5%
Crime rate218402
Commute31.9 min25.7 min
Unemployment4.5%5.1%
Population change+2.8%+5.7%
Wildfire risk50.698.1
Flood risk95.793.9
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.