New Jersey vs Texas
Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.
Compare every measure interactivelyNew Jersey comes out ahead on 2 of them and Texas on 5, 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 JerseyTexas
Typical home value$575,123$296,424
Home price-to-income5.5×3.7×
Household income$104,294$79,721
Property tax1.88%1.40%
Income tax10.75%0.00%
Sales tax6.60%8.20%
Temperature54.1°F69.7°F
Population9,500,85131,290,831
Cost of living115.192.1
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.