California 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.
California comes out ahead on 2 of them and Colorado on 13, 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.
MeasureCaliforniaColorado
Home price$775,549$543,435
Rent paid$2,042$1,727
Cost of living142.3102.7
Income$100,149$97,113
Property tax0.70%0.50%
Income tax13.30%4.40%
Sales tax9.03%7.89%
Electric bill$161$109
Temperature62.7°F49.7°F
Snowfall4.3 in39.1 in
Precipitation18.4 in15.8 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²4.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.916.6
Bachelor's or higher38.1%47.8%
Crime rate486476
Commute29.7 min25.7 min
Unemployment5.2%3.9%
Population change-0.5%+4.1%
Wildfire risk96.886.9
Flood risk98.585.4
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.