Arizona vs Colorado
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Arizona comes out ahead on 6 of them and Colorado on 9, 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.
MeasureArizonaColorado
Home price$422,822$543,435
Rent paid$1,518$1,727
Cost of living110.7102.7
Income$81,486$97,113
Property tax0.48%0.50%
Income tax2.50%4.40%
Sales tax8.54%7.89%
Electric bill$161$109
Temperature70.7°F49.7°F
Snowfall2.0 in39.1 in
Precipitation9.0 in15.8 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²4.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.916.6
Bachelor's or higher34.7%47.8%
Crime rate422476
Commute26.4 min25.7 min
Unemployment4.9%3.9%
Population change+6.5%+4.1%
Wildfire risk98.286.9
Flood risk98.385.4
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.