New Jersey vs Oregon
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 Oregon 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 JerseyOregon
Home price$584,681$504,432
Rent paid$1,719$1,497
Cost of living115.1111.8
Income$104,294$85,220
Property tax1.88%0.81%
Income tax10.75%9.90%
Sales tax6.60%0.00%
Electric bill$159$132
Temperature54.1°F51.9°F
Snowfall17.4 in9.0 in
Precipitation38.7 in50.9 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²3.84 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.818.4
Bachelor's or higher44.5%37.8%
Crime rate218331
Commute31.9 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.5%5.2%
Population change+2.8%+0.9%
Wildfire risk50.670.7
Flood risk95.787.9
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.