New Mexico vs Oklahoma
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 6 of them and Oklahoma 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.
MeasureNew MexicoOklahoma
Home price$321,186$225,437
Rent paid$1,073$1,002
Cost of living93.786
Income$67,816$66,148
Property tax0.63%0.79%
Income tax5.90%4.50%
Sales tax7.68%9.06%
Electric bill$98$141
Temperature56.8°F61.9°F
Snowfall8.9 in4.4 in
Precipitation11.3 in44.0 in
Sunshine5.56 kWh/m²4.62 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.816.3
Bachelor's or higher31.8%29.3%
Crime rate717423
Commute24.0 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.8%4.2%
Population change+0.4%+4.1%
Wildfire risk92.186.9
Flood risk88.276.7
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.