New Jersey vs Tennessee
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 4 of them and Tennessee 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 JerseyTennessee
Home price$584,681$338,769
Rent paid$1,719$1,171
Cost of living115.190.3
Income$104,294$71,997
Property tax1.88%0.52%
Income tax10.75%0.00%
Sales tax6.60%9.61%
Electric bill$159$163
Temperature54.1°F60.1°F
Snowfall17.4 in4.8 in
Precipitation38.7 in53.3 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher44.5%32.4%
Crime rate218592
Commute31.9 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.5%3.5%
Population change+2.8%+5.8%
Wildfire risk50.648.1
Flood risk95.776.4
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.