New Jersey vs Virginia
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 Virginia on 11, 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 JerseyVirginia
Home price$584,681$419,920
Rent paid$1,719$1,599
Cost of living115.1100.8
Income$104,294$92,090
Property tax1.88%0.78%
Income tax10.75%5.75%
Sales tax6.60%5.77%
Electric bill$159$173
Temperature54.1°F57.6°F
Snowfall17.4 in11.3 in
Precipitation38.7 in40.8 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.814.0
Bachelor's or higher44.5%43.3%
Crime rate218218
Commute31.9 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.5%3.7%
Population change+2.8%+2.9%
Wildfire risk50.633.1
Flood risk95.767.2
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.