North Carolina vs New Mexico
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
North Carolina comes out ahead on 7 of them and New Mexico 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.
MeasureNorth CarolinaNew Mexico
Home price$340,430$321,186
Rent paid$1,215$1,073
Cost of living97.893.7
Income$73,958$67,816
Property tax0.66%0.63%
Income tax3.99%5.90%
Sales tax7.10%7.68%
Electric bill$151$98
Temperature60.3°F56.8°F
Snowfall2.3 in8.9 in
Precipitation42.5 in11.3 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.413.8
Bachelor's or higher37.1%31.8%
Crime rate376717
Commute25.7 min24.0 min
Unemployment3.6%4.8%
Population change+7.2%+0.4%
Wildfire risk53.892.1
Flood risk84.688.2
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.