New Jersey vs West Virginia
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 1 of them and West Virginia 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 JerseyWest Virginia
Typical home value$575,123$176,576
Home price-to-income5.5×2.9×
Household income$104,294$60,798
Property tax1.88%0.51%
Income tax10.75%4.82%
Sales tax6.60%6.60%
Temperature54.1°F53.9°F
Population9,500,8511,769,979
Cost of living115.188.3
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.