New Jersey vs New York
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 9 of them and New York 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.
MeasureNew JerseyNew York
Home price$584,681$525,947
Rent paid$1,719$1,671
Cost of living115.1125.1
Income$104,294$85,820
Property tax1.88%1.30%
Income tax10.75%10.90%
Sales tax6.60%8.54%
Electric bill$159$164
Temperature54.1°F52.4°F
Snowfall17.4 in39.2 in
Precipitation38.7 in37.2 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²3.88 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.811.6
Bachelor's or higher44.5%41.2%
Crime rate218380
Commute31.9 min33.2 min
Unemployment4.5%4.6%
Population change+2.8%-1.0%
Wildfire risk50.634.8
Flood risk95.794.6
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.