Kansas 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.
Kansas 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.
MeasureKansasNew Mexico
Home price$252,794$321,186
Rent paid$1,051$1,073
Cost of living88.893.7
Income$75,514$67,816
Property tax1.21%0.63%
Income tax5.58%5.90%
Sales tax8.71%7.68%
Electric bill$131$98
Temperature56.7°F56.8°F
Snowfall17.2 in8.9 in
Precipitation33.5 in11.3 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.613.8
Bachelor's or higher36.0%31.8%
Crime rate439717
Commute20.0 min24.0 min
Unemployment3.8%4.8%
Population change+1.3%+0.4%
Wildfire risk70.092.1
Flood risk69.488.2
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.