New Jersey vs Ohio
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 5 of them and Ohio on 10, 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 JerseyOhio
Home price$584,681$251,502
Rent paid$1,719$1,030
Cost of living115.194.3
Income$104,294$72,212
Property tax1.88%1.36%
Income tax10.75%2.75%
Sales tax6.60%7.29%
Electric bill$159$158
Temperature54.1°F52°F
Snowfall17.4 in25.7 in
Precipitation38.7 in39.1 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.817.3
Bachelor's or higher44.5%32.4%
Crime rate218294
Commute31.9 min23.8 min
Unemployment4.5%3.6%
Population change+2.8%+0.9%
Wildfire risk50.636.7
Flood risk95.784.9
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.