New Jersey vs Oklahoma
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 Oklahoma 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 JerseyOklahoma
Home price$584,681$225,437
Rent paid$1,719$1,002
Cost of living115.186
Income$104,294$66,148
Property tax1.88%0.79%
Income tax10.75%4.50%
Sales tax6.60%9.06%
Electric bill$159$141
Temperature54.1°F61.9°F
Snowfall17.4 in4.4 in
Precipitation38.7 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²4.62 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.816.3
Bachelor's or higher44.5%29.3%
Crime rate218423
Commute31.9 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.5%4.2%
Population change+2.8%+4.1%
Wildfire risk50.686.9
Flood risk95.776.7
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.