Minnesota 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.
Minnesota 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.
MeasureMinnesotaNew Mexico
Home price$356,887$321,186
Rent paid$1,272$1,073
Cost of living94.693.7
Income$87,117$67,816
Property tax1.00%0.63%
Income tax9.85%5.90%
Sales tax8.14%7.68%
Electric bill$119$98
Temperature45.6°F56.8°F
Snowfall30.7 in8.9 in
Precipitation30.4 in11.3 in
Sunshine3.79 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.713.8
Bachelor's or higher40.0%31.8%
Crime rate257717
Commute22.7 min24.0 min
Unemployment4.4%4.8%
Population change+2.2%+0.4%
Wildfire risk57.492.1
Flood risk79.388.2
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.