Kentucky 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.
Kentucky 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.
MeasureKentuckyNew Mexico
Home price$235,363$321,186
Rent paid$957$1,073
Cost of living92.593.7
Income$64,526$67,816
Property tax0.74%0.63%
Income tax3.50%5.90%
Sales tax6.00%7.68%
Electric bill$155$98
Temperature56.9°F56.8°F
Snowfall13.4 in8.9 in
Precipitation57.0 in11.3 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.613.8
Bachelor's or higher27.9%31.8%
Crime rate213717
Commute24.5 min24.0 min
Unemployment4.7%4.8%
Population change+2.2%+0.4%
Wildfire risk34.492.1
Flood risk70.488.2
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.