New Jersey vs New Mexico
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 New Mexico 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 JerseyNew Mexico
Home price$584,681$321,186
Rent paid$1,719$1,073
Cost of living115.193.7
Income$104,294$67,816
Property tax1.88%0.63%
Income tax10.75%5.90%
Sales tax6.60%7.68%
Electric bill$159$98
Temperature54.1°F56.8°F
Snowfall17.4 in8.9 in
Precipitation38.7 in11.3 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.813.8
Bachelor's or higher44.5%31.8%
Crime rate218717
Commute31.9 min24.0 min
Unemployment4.5%4.8%
Population change+2.8%+0.4%
Wildfire risk50.692.1
Flood risk95.788.2
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.