Missouri 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.
Missouri comes out ahead on 10 of them and New Mexico on 4, 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.
MeasureMissouriNew Mexico
Home price$271,597$321,186
Rent paid$1,030$1,073
Cost of living8993.7
Income$71,589$67,816
Property tax0.89%0.63%
Income tax4.70%5.90%
Sales tax8.44%7.68%
Electric bill$145$98
Temperature56.9°F56.8°F
Snowfall14.0 in8.9 in
Precipitation37.4 in11.3 in
Sunshine4.25 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.013.8
Bachelor's or higher33.5%31.8%
Crime rate462717
Commute24.0 min24.0 min
Unemployment3.7%4.8%
Population change+1.9%+0.4%
Wildfire risk54.092.1
Flood risk79.488.2
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.