Arizona 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.
Arizona comes out ahead on 5 of them and New Mexico on 10, 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.
MeasureArizonaNew Mexico
Home price$422,822$321,186
Rent paid$1,518$1,073
Cost of living110.793.7
Income$81,486$67,816
Property tax0.48%0.63%
Income tax2.50%5.90%
Sales tax8.54%7.68%
Electric bill$161$98
Temperature70.7°F56.8°F
Snowfall2.0 in8.9 in
Precipitation9.0 in11.3 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.913.8
Bachelor's or higher34.7%31.8%
Crime rate422717
Commute26.4 min24.0 min
Unemployment4.9%4.8%
Population change+6.5%+0.4%
Wildfire risk98.292.1
Flood risk98.388.2
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.