New Mexico vs Pennsylvania
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 7 of them and Pennsylvania on 8, 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 MexicoPennsylvania
Home price$321,186$294,099
Rent paid$1,073$1,224
Cost of living93.797.2
Income$67,816$77,545
Property tax0.63%1.26%
Income tax5.90%3.07%
Sales tax7.68%6.34%
Electric bill$98$173
Temperature56.8°F52°F
Snowfall8.9 in21.7 in
Precipitation11.3 in39.6 in
Sunshine5.56 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.813.5
Bachelor's or higher31.8%36.4%
Crime rate717246
Commute24.0 min27.1 min
Unemployment4.8%4.1%
Population change+0.4%+0.4%
Wildfire risk92.138.7
Flood risk88.292.3
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.