Colorado vs Florida
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Colorado comes out ahead on 8 of them and Florida on 7, 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.
MeasureColoradoFlorida
Home price$543,435$378,126
Rent paid$1,727$1,644
Cost of living102.7102.2
Income$97,113$77,735
Property tax0.50%0.78%
Income tax4.40%0.00%
Sales tax7.89%6.98%
Electric bill$109$169
Temperature49.7°F74°F
Snowfall39.1 in0.2 in
Precipitation15.8 in43.3 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²4.93 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.618.5
Bachelor's or higher47.8%35.8%
Crime rate476267
Commute25.7 min28.9 min
Unemployment3.9%4.7%
Population change+4.1%+8.9%
Wildfire risk86.992.8
Flood risk85.493.1
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.