New Mexico vs South Dakota
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 5 of them and South Dakota on 10, 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 Dakota
Home price$321,186$325,618
Rent paid$1,073$941
Cost of living93.791.9
Income$67,816$76,881
Property tax0.63%1.00%
Income tax5.90%0.00%
Sales tax7.68%6.11%
Electric bill$98$138
Temperature56.8°F47.4°F
Snowfall8.9 in29.7 in
Precipitation11.3 in23.7 in
Sunshine5.56 kWh/m²4.08 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.814.2
Bachelor's or higher31.8%34.2%
Crime rate717362
Commute24.0 min18.5 min
Unemployment4.8%2.0%
Population change+0.4%+5.5%
Wildfire risk92.175.5
Flood risk88.254.5
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.