New Mexico vs Rhode Island
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 8 of them and Rhode Island on 7, 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 MexicoRhode Island
Home price$321,186$517,078
Rent paid$1,073$1,357
Cost of living93.7110.6
Income$67,816$83,504
Property tax0.63%1.12%
Income tax5.90%5.99%
Sales tax7.68%7.00%
Electric bill$98$166
Temperature56.8°F50.9°F
Snowfall8.9 in18.9 in
Precipitation11.3 in45.6 in
Sunshine5.56 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.813.0
Bachelor's or higher31.8%39.0%
Crime rate717154
Commute24.0 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.8%4.1%
Population change+0.4%+1.6%
Wildfire risk92.126.4
Flood risk88.285.5
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.