New Jersey vs Wyoming
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 3 of them and Wyoming on 12, 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 JerseyWyoming
Home price$584,681$372,526
Rent paid$1,719$1,010
Cost of living115.193.7
Income$104,294$75,532
Property tax1.88%0.53%
Income tax10.75%0.00%
Sales tax6.60%5.39%
Electric bill$159$115
Temperature54.1°F45.1°F
Snowfall17.4 in44.9 in
Precipitation38.7 in15.9 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.812.5
Bachelor's or higher44.5%32.3%
Crime rate218203
Commute31.9 min19.7 min
Unemployment4.5%3.2%
Population change+2.8%+2.1%
Wildfire risk50.686.6
Flood risk95.754.1
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.