New Mexico vs Wyoming
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 3 of them and Wyoming 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 MexicoWyoming
Home price$321,186$372,526
Rent paid$1,073$1,010
Cost of living93.793.7
Income$67,816$75,532
Property tax0.63%0.53%
Income tax5.90%0.00%
Sales tax7.68%5.39%
Electric bill$98$115
Temperature56.8°F45.1°F
Snowfall8.9 in44.9 in
Precipitation11.3 in15.9 in
Sunshine5.56 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.812.5
Bachelor's or higher31.8%32.3%
Crime rate717203
Commute24.0 min19.7 min
Unemployment4.8%3.2%
Population change+0.4%+2.1%
Wildfire risk92.186.6
Flood risk88.254.1
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.