New Mexico vs Washington
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 11 of them and Washington on 4, 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 MexicoWashington
Home price$321,186$603,303
Rent paid$1,073$1,712
Cost of living93.7114.1
Income$67,816$99,389
Property tax0.63%0.75%
Income tax5.90%0.00%
Sales tax7.68%9.57%
Electric bill$98$130
Temperature56.8°F50°F
Snowfall8.9 in5.4 in
Precipitation11.3 in56.5 in
Sunshine5.56 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.818.3
Bachelor's or higher31.8%41.0%
Crime rate717326
Commute24.0 min27.2 min
Unemployment4.8%5.2%
Population change+0.4%+3.8%
Wildfire risk92.174.2
Flood risk88.291.4
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.