New Mexico vs Ohio
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 5 of them and Ohio on 10, 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 MexicoOhio
Home price$321,186$251,502
Rent paid$1,073$1,030
Cost of living93.794.3
Income$67,816$72,212
Property tax0.63%1.36%
Income tax5.90%2.75%
Sales tax7.68%7.29%
Electric bill$98$158
Temperature56.8°F52°F
Snowfall8.9 in25.7 in
Precipitation11.3 in39.1 in
Sunshine5.56 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.817.3
Bachelor's or higher31.8%32.4%
Crime rate717294
Commute24.0 min23.8 min
Unemployment4.8%3.6%
Population change+0.4%+0.9%
Wildfire risk92.136.7
Flood risk88.284.9
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.