Idaho 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.
Idaho comes out ahead on 9 of them and New Mexico on 6, 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.
MeasureIdahoNew Mexico
Home price$482,199$321,186
Rent paid$1,251$1,073
Cost of living99.993.7
Income$81,166$67,816
Property tax0.50%0.63%
Income tax5.30%5.90%
Sales tax6.03%7.68%
Electric bill$112$98
Temperature50.2°F56.8°F
Snowfall17.8 in8.9 in
Precipitation17.4 in11.3 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.413.8
Bachelor's or higher33.0%31.8%
Crime rate231717
Commute22.2 min24.0 min
Unemployment3.7%4.8%
Population change+10.4%+0.4%
Wildfire risk90.492.1
Flood risk69.588.2
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.