New Mexico vs Tennessee
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 6 of them and Tennessee 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 MexicoTennessee
Home price$321,186$338,769
Rent paid$1,073$1,171
Cost of living93.790.3
Income$67,816$71,997
Property tax0.63%0.52%
Income tax5.90%0.00%
Sales tax7.68%9.61%
Electric bill$98$163
Temperature56.8°F60.1°F
Snowfall8.9 in4.8 in
Precipitation11.3 in53.3 in
Sunshine5.56 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher31.8%32.4%
Crime rate717592
Commute24.0 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.8%3.5%
Population change+0.4%+5.8%
Wildfire risk92.148.1
Flood risk88.276.4
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.