Michigan 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.
Michigan comes out ahead on 8 of them and New Mexico on 7, 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.
MeasureMichiganNew Mexico
Home price$269,972$321,186
Rent paid$1,117$1,073
Cost of living90.193.7
Income$72,389$67,816
Property tax1.19%0.63%
Income tax4.25%5.90%
Sales tax6.00%7.68%
Electric bill$131$98
Temperature48.9°F56.8°F
Snowfall47.5 in8.9 in
Precipitation30.4 in11.3 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.913.8
Bachelor's or higher33.3%31.8%
Crime rate434717
Commute24.3 min24.0 min
Unemployment5.0%4.8%
Population change+0.5%+0.4%
Wildfire risk39.892.1
Flood risk84.688.2
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.