Indiana 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.
Indiana comes out ahead on 10 of them and New Mexico on 5, 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.
MeasureIndianaNew Mexico
Home price$262,265$321,186
Rent paid$1,063$1,073
Cost of living9193.7
Income$71,959$67,816
Property tax0.76%0.63%
Income tax2.95%5.90%
Sales tax7.00%7.68%
Electric bill$160$98
Temperature52.6°F56.8°F
Snowfall26.8 in8.9 in
Precipitation38.0 in11.3 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.513.8
Bachelor's or higher30.7%31.8%
Crime rate313717
Commute24.6 min24.0 min
Unemployment3.3%4.8%
Population change+2.8%+0.4%
Wildfire risk24.692.1
Flood risk75.888.2
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.