New Jersey vs Washington
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 8 of them and Washington on 7, 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 JerseyWashington
Home price$584,681$603,303
Rent paid$1,719$1,712
Cost of living115.1114.1
Income$104,294$99,389
Property tax1.88%0.75%
Income tax10.75%0.00%
Sales tax6.60%9.57%
Electric bill$159$130
Temperature54.1°F50°F
Snowfall17.4 in5.4 in
Precipitation38.7 in56.5 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.818.3
Bachelor's or higher44.5%41.0%
Crime rate218326
Commute31.9 min27.2 min
Unemployment4.5%5.2%
Population change+2.8%+3.8%
Wildfire risk50.674.2
Flood risk95.791.4
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.