North Dakota 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 Dakota 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 DakotaNew Jersey
Home price$293,556$584,681
Rent paid$931$1,719
Cost of living91.4115.1
Income$77,871$104,294
Property tax0.92%1.88%
Income tax2.50%10.75%
Sales tax7.09%6.60%
Electric bill$133$159
Temperature42.4°F54.1°F
Snowfall23.0 in17.4 in
Precipitation20.1 in38.7 in
Sunshine3.76 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.711.8
Bachelor's or higher34.0%44.5%
Crime rate254218
Commute17.5 min31.9 min
Unemployment2.3%4.5%
Population change+2.6%+2.8%
Wildfire risk65.150.6
Flood risk49.295.7
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.