New Mexico vs Virginia
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 Virginia 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 MexicoVirginia
Home price$321,186$419,920
Rent paid$1,073$1,599
Cost of living93.7100.8
Income$67,816$92,090
Property tax0.63%0.78%
Income tax5.90%5.75%
Sales tax7.68%5.77%
Electric bill$98$173
Temperature56.8°F57.6°F
Snowfall8.9 in11.3 in
Precipitation11.3 in40.8 in
Sunshine5.56 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.814.0
Bachelor's or higher31.8%43.3%
Crime rate717218
Commute24.0 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.8%3.7%
Population change+0.4%+2.9%
Wildfire risk92.133.1
Flood risk88.267.2
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.