Iowa 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.
Iowa comes out ahead on 11 of them and New Mexico on 4, 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.
MeasureIowaNew Mexico
Home price$241,255$321,186
Rent paid$957$1,073
Cost of living89.793.7
Income$75,501$67,816
Property tax1.33%0.63%
Income tax3.80%5.90%
Sales tax6.94%7.68%
Electric bill$119$98
Temperature50.4°F56.8°F
Snowfall26.3 in8.9 in
Precipitation34.1 in11.3 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.413.8
Bachelor's or higher32.1%31.8%
Crime rate243717
Commute20.4 min24.0 min
Unemployment3.2%4.8%
Population change+1.5%+0.4%
Wildfire risk45.392.1
Flood risk62.688.2
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.