New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania 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 JerseyPennsylvania
Home price$584,681$294,099
Rent paid$1,719$1,224
Cost of living115.197.2
Income$104,294$77,545
Property tax1.88%1.26%
Income tax10.75%3.07%
Sales tax6.60%6.34%
Electric bill$159$173
Temperature54.1°F52°F
Snowfall17.4 in21.7 in
Precipitation38.7 in39.6 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.813.5
Bachelor's or higher44.5%36.4%
Crime rate218246
Commute31.9 min27.1 min
Unemployment4.5%4.1%
Population change+2.8%+0.4%
Wildfire risk50.638.7
Flood risk95.792.3
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.