Connecticut 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.
Connecticut 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.
MeasureConnecticutNew Mexico
Home price$455,424$321,186
Rent paid$1,537$1,073
Cost of living112.793.7
Income$96,049$67,816
Property tax1.54%0.63%
Income tax6.99%5.90%
Sales tax6.35%7.68%
Electric bill$204$98
Temperature51.3°F56.8°F
Snowfall25.9 in8.9 in
Precipitation42.5 in11.3 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.313.8
Bachelor's or higher42.6%31.8%
Crime rate136717
Commute27.0 min24.0 min
Unemployment5.2%4.8%
Population change+2.2%+0.4%
Wildfire risk45.092.1
Flood risk95.888.2
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.