New Mexico vs New York
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 Mexico comes out ahead on 10 of them and New York on 5, 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 MexicoNew York
Home price$321,186$525,947
Rent paid$1,073$1,671
Cost of living93.7125.1
Income$67,816$85,820
Property tax0.63%1.30%
Income tax5.90%10.90%
Sales tax7.68%8.54%
Electric bill$98$164
Temperature56.8°F52.4°F
Snowfall8.9 in39.2 in
Precipitation11.3 in37.2 in
Sunshine5.56 kWh/m²3.88 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.811.6
Bachelor's or higher31.8%41.2%
Crime rate717380
Commute24.0 min33.2 min
Unemployment4.8%4.6%
Population change+0.4%-1.0%
Wildfire risk92.134.8
Flood risk88.294.6
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.