New Mexico vs West 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 4 of them and West Virginia on 11, 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 MexicoWest Virginia
Home price$321,186$182,704
Rent paid$1,073$868
Cost of living93.788.3
Income$67,816$60,798
Property tax0.63%0.51%
Income tax5.90%4.82%
Sales tax7.68%6.60%
Electric bill$98$167
Temperature56.8°F53.9°F
Snowfall8.9 in22.9 in
Precipitation11.3 in44.0 in
Sunshine5.56 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.813.7
Bachelor's or higher31.8%24.4%
Crime rate717249
Commute24.0 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.8%4.2%
Population change+0.4%-1.5%
Wildfire risk92.141.2
Flood risk88.279.2
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.