Massachusetts 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.
Massachusetts comes out ahead on 6 of them and New Mexico on 9, 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.
MeasureMassachusettsNew Mexico
Home price$672,867$321,186
Rent paid$1,788$1,073
Cost of living141.293.7
Income$104,828$67,816
Property tax1.00%0.63%
Income tax9.00%5.90%
Sales tax6.25%7.68%
Electric bill$183$98
Temperature50.1°F56.8°F
Snowfall29.5 in8.9 in
Precipitation42.1 in11.3 in
Sunshine3.82 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.013.8
Bachelor's or higher48.3%31.8%
Crime rate315717
Commute30.6 min24.0 min
Unemployment4.4%4.8%
Population change+1.7%+0.4%
Wildfire risk51.092.1
Flood risk94.788.2
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.