Florida 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.
Florida 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.
MeasureFloridaNew Mexico
Home price$378,126$321,186
Rent paid$1,644$1,073
Cost of living102.293.7
Income$77,735$67,816
Property tax0.78%0.63%
Income tax0.00%5.90%
Sales tax6.98%7.68%
Electric bill$169$98
Temperature74°F56.8°F
Snowfall0.2 in8.9 in
Precipitation43.3 in11.3 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.513.8
Bachelor's or higher35.8%31.8%
Crime rate267717
Commute28.9 min24.0 min
Unemployment4.7%4.8%
Population change+8.9%+0.4%
Wildfire risk92.892.1
Flood risk93.188.2
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.