New Mexico vs Utah
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 Utah 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 MexicoUtah
Home price$321,186$541,692
Rent paid$1,073$1,489
Cost of living93.7102.2
Income$67,816$96,658
Property tax0.63%0.48%
Income tax5.90%4.50%
Sales tax7.68%7.42%
Electric bill$98$102
Temperature56.8°F51.6°F
Snowfall8.9 in65.6 in
Precipitation11.3 in17.3 in
Sunshine5.56 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.821.9
Bachelor's or higher31.8%39.1%
Crime rate717230
Commute24.0 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.8%3.6%
Population change+0.4%+8.2%
Wildfire risk92.195.3
Flood risk88.274.6
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.