New Jersey vs Utah
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 Utah 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 JerseyUtah
Home price$584,681$541,692
Rent paid$1,719$1,489
Cost of living115.1102.2
Income$104,294$96,658
Property tax1.88%0.48%
Income tax10.75%4.50%
Sales tax6.60%7.42%
Electric bill$159$102
Temperature54.1°F51.6°F
Snowfall17.4 in65.6 in
Precipitation38.7 in17.3 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.821.9
Bachelor's or higher44.5%39.1%
Crime rate218230
Commute31.9 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.5%3.6%
Population change+2.8%+8.2%
Wildfire risk50.695.3
Flood risk95.774.6
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.