California 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.
California comes out ahead on 2 of them and New Mexico on 13, 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.
MeasureCaliforniaNew Mexico
Home price$775,549$321,186
Rent paid$2,042$1,073
Cost of living142.393.7
Income$100,149$67,816
Property tax0.70%0.63%
Income tax13.30%5.90%
Sales tax9.03%7.68%
Electric bill$161$98
Temperature62.7°F56.8°F
Snowfall4.3 in8.9 in
Precipitation18.4 in11.3 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.913.8
Bachelor's or higher38.1%31.8%
Crime rate486717
Commute29.7 min24.0 min
Unemployment5.2%4.8%
Population change-0.5%+0.4%
Wildfire risk96.892.1
Flood risk98.588.2
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.