New Mexico vs Oregon
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 9 of them and Oregon on 6, 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 MexicoOregon
Home price$321,186$504,432
Rent paid$1,073$1,497
Cost of living93.7111.8
Income$67,816$85,220
Property tax0.63%0.81%
Income tax5.90%9.90%
Sales tax7.68%0.00%
Electric bill$98$132
Temperature56.8°F51.9°F
Snowfall8.9 in9.0 in
Precipitation11.3 in50.9 in
Sunshine5.56 kWh/m²3.84 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.818.4
Bachelor's or higher31.8%37.8%
Crime rate717331
Commute24.0 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.8%5.2%
Population change+0.4%+0.9%
Wildfire risk92.170.7
Flood risk88.287.9
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.