Retiring comfortably in NJ may be difficult due to high taxes and an expensive cost of living. Find out which states ranked better for retirees in a new study.
"A new ranking that looks at housing affordability, job prospects, education quality, health care availability, and other quality-of-life measures puts New Jersey among the best states to raise a family."
New Jersey is the 15th best state to have a baby with low infant and maternal mortality rates, and the most OBGYNs in the country, according to WalletHub.
New Jersey is the 4th least at-risk youth state in the nation, scoring well in the categories of health, environment, and education, according to WalletHub.
New Jersey does well when it comes to safety. It has most of the optimal graduated licensing provisions. It has one of the oldest ages that teens are even able to drive, which helps with teen driver fatalities.