North Carolina vs New Jersey
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
North Carolina comes out ahead on 10 of them and New Jersey 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.
MeasureNorth CarolinaNew Jersey
Home price$340,430$584,681
Rent paid$1,215$1,719
Cost of living97.8115.1
Income$73,958$104,294
Property tax0.66%1.88%
Income tax3.99%10.75%
Sales tax7.10%6.60%
Electric bill$151$159
Temperature60.3°F54.1°F
Snowfall2.3 in17.4 in
Precipitation42.5 in38.7 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.411.8
Bachelor's or higher37.1%44.5%
Crime rate376218
Commute25.7 min31.9 min
Unemployment3.6%4.5%
Population change+7.2%+2.8%
Wildfire risk53.850.6
Flood risk84.695.7
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.