Louisiana 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.
Louisiana 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.
MeasureLouisianaNew Mexico
Home price$217,968$321,186
Rent paid$1,056$1,073
Cost of living92.393.7
Income$60,986$67,816
Property tax0.55%0.63%
Income tax3.00%5.90%
Sales tax10.13%7.68%
Electric bill$157$98
Temperature69.3°F56.8°F
Snowfall0.8 in8.9 in
Precipitation54.0 in11.3 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.913.8
Bachelor's or higher27.8%31.8%
Crime rate520717
Commute26.2 min24.0 min
Unemployment4.4%4.8%
Population change-0.9%+0.4%
Wildfire risk48.092.1
Flood risk80.188.2
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.