New Jersey vs South Carolina
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 South Carolina 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 JerseySouth Carolina
Home price$584,681$309,323
Rent paid$1,719$1,194
Cost of living115.194.7
Income$104,294$72,350
Property tax1.88%0.49%
Income tax10.75%6.00%
Sales tax6.60%7.49%
Electric bill$159$166
Temperature54.1°F63.4°F
Snowfall17.4 in1.5 in
Precipitation38.7 in42.9 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.814.3
Bachelor's or higher44.5%33.3%
Crime rate218437
Commute31.9 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.5%4.4%
Population change+2.8%+8.8%
Wildfire risk50.671.1
Flood risk95.782.7
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.