New Mexico vs Vermont
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 Vermont 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 MexicoVermont
Home price$321,186$402,017
Rent paid$1,073$1,239
Cost of living93.7113.6
Income$67,816$82,730
Property tax0.63%1.51%
Income tax5.90%8.75%
Sales tax7.68%6.43%
Electric bill$98$141
Temperature56.8°F44.3°F
Snowfall8.9 in97.9 in
Precipitation11.3 in42.4 in
Sunshine5.56 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.811.5
Bachelor's or higher31.8%45.1%
Crime rate717219
Commute24.0 min23.9 min
Unemployment4.8%2.6%
Population change+0.4%+0.2%
Wildfire risk92.121.0
Flood risk88.264.8
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.