New Jersey vs Wisconsin
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 Wisconsin 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 JerseyWisconsin
Home price$584,681$342,279
Rent paid$1,719$1,071
Cost of living115.197.7
Income$104,294$77,488
Property tax1.88%1.32%
Income tax10.75%7.65%
Sales tax6.60%5.72%
Electric bill$159$124
Temperature54.1°F46.7°F
Snowfall17.4 in40.1 in
Precipitation38.7 in32.1 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.813.9
Bachelor's or higher44.5%34.6%
Crime rate218279
Commute31.9 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.5%3.3%
Population change+2.8%+1.3%
Wildfire risk50.634.9
Flood risk95.778.5
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.