Hawaii 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.
Hawaii comes out ahead on 6 of them and New Mexico on 9, 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.
MeasureHawaiiNew Mexico
Home price$836,741$321,186
Rent paid$1,972$1,073
Cost of living18593.7
Income$100,745$67,816
Property tax0.29%0.63%
Income tax11.00%5.90%
Sales tax4.50%7.68%
Electric bill$215$98
Temperature72.6°F56.8°F
Snowfall0.0 in8.9 in
Precipitation43.9 in11.3 in
Sunshine5.66 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.213.8
Bachelor's or higher37.8%31.8%
Crime rate218717
Commute26.7 min24.0 min
Unemployment2.6%4.8%
Population change-1.5%+0.4%
Wildfire risk98.292.1
Flood risk98.288.2
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.