New Mexico vs Texas
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 Texas 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 MexicoTexas
Home price$321,186$302,999
Rent paid$1,073$1,386
Cost of living93.792.1
Income$67,816$79,721
Property tax0.63%1.40%
Income tax5.90%0.00%
Sales tax7.68%8.20%
Electric bill$98$174
Temperature56.8°F69.7°F
Snowfall8.9 in1.0 in
Precipitation11.3 in33.1 in
Sunshine5.56 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.815.1
Bachelor's or higher31.8%35.2%
Crime rate717389
Commute24.0 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.8%4.4%
Population change+0.4%+8.8%
Wildfire risk92.183.5
Flood risk88.289.2
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.