New Hampshire 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.
New Hampshire 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.
MeasureNew HampshireNew Mexico
Home price$522,944$321,186
Rent paid$1,488$1,073
Cost of living111.493.7
Income$99,782$67,816
Property tax1.50%0.63%
Income tax0.00%5.90%
Sales tax0.00%7.68%
Electric bill$168$98
Temperature46.7°F56.8°F
Snowfall50.6 in8.9 in
Precipitation40.2 in11.3 in
Sunshine3.78 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.413.8
Bachelor's or higher41.5%31.8%
Crime rate110717
Commute27.5 min24.0 min
Unemployment2.9%4.8%
Population change+2.7%+0.4%
Wildfire risk45.292.1
Flood risk85.588.2
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.