New Jersey vs Texas
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 Texas 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 JerseyTexas
Home price$584,681$302,999
Rent paid$1,719$1,386
Cost of living115.192.1
Income$104,294$79,721
Property tax1.88%1.40%
Income tax10.75%0.00%
Sales tax6.60%8.20%
Electric bill$159$174
Temperature54.1°F69.7°F
Snowfall17.4 in1.0 in
Precipitation38.7 in33.1 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.815.1
Bachelor's or higher44.5%35.2%
Crime rate218389
Commute31.9 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.5%4.4%
Population change+2.8%+8.8%
Wildfire risk50.683.5
Flood risk95.789.2
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.