New Mexico vs South Carolina
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 South Carolina 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 MexicoSouth Carolina
Home price$321,186$309,323
Rent paid$1,073$1,194
Cost of living93.794.7
Income$67,816$72,350
Property tax0.63%0.49%
Income tax5.90%6.00%
Sales tax7.68%7.49%
Electric bill$98$166
Temperature56.8°F63.4°F
Snowfall8.9 in1.5 in
Precipitation11.3 in42.9 in
Sunshine5.56 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.814.3
Bachelor's or higher31.8%33.3%
Crime rate717437
Commute24.0 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.8%4.4%
Population change+0.4%+8.8%
Wildfire risk92.171.1
Flood risk88.282.7
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.