New York vs Hoboken
New York and Hoboken on the published weights — then move the weights to yours and see whether the result survives.
Category by category
D−HousingC
Hoboken +22 pts
—SchoolsB+
not comparable yet
B−Cost of livingC−
New York +18 pts
FCommuteF
Hoboken +15 pts
A+AmenitiesA+
level
FEmploymentA−
Hoboken +51 pts
—Residents—
not comparable yet
Weigh it yourself
The published weights are an editorial judgement, not a fact. Drag them. Both totals recompute live and the bar above moves with them.
Weights total 100% · normalised to 100% before scoring, so you can be sloppy.
The numbers side by side
$778kMedian home value$895k
$1,821Median rent$2,938
40.3 minMean commute36.8 min
$80kMedian household income$181k
0.69%Effective property tax1.13%
—Within-state proficiency67th pct
715Restaurants & cafés1,471
8,483,844Population58,668
0Resident responses0
Bold marks the better figure on that row. ACS 2020–24 · EDFacts SY2021–22 · OpenStreetMap Sep 2026.