Alabama vs New Mexico
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Alabama comes out ahead on 9 of them and New Mexico on 6, 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.
MeasureAlabamaNew Mexico
Home price$241,517$321,186
Rent paid$1,008$1,073
Cost of living88.693.7
Income$66,659$67,816
Property tax0.37%0.63%
Income tax5.00%5.90%
Sales tax9.46%7.68%
Electric bill$185$98
Temperature64.2°F56.8°F
Snowfall2.0 in8.9 in
Precipitation52.3 in11.3 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.213.8
Bachelor's or higher29.9%31.8%
Crime rate360717
Commute26.0 min24.0 min
Unemployment3.2%4.8%
Population change+3.3%+0.4%
Wildfire risk62.592.1
Flood risk83.388.2
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.