Colorado vs Idaho
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 6 of them and Idaho 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.
MeasureColoradoIdaho
Home price$543,435$482,199
Rent paid$1,727$1,251
Cost of living102.799.9
Income$97,113$81,166
Property tax0.50%0.50%
Income tax4.40%5.30%
Sales tax7.89%6.03%
Electric bill$109$112
Temperature49.7°F50.2°F
Snowfall39.1 in17.8 in
Precipitation15.8 in17.4 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.618.4
Bachelor's or higher47.8%33.0%
Crime rate476231
Commute25.7 min22.2 min
Unemployment3.9%3.7%
Population change+4.1%+10.4%
Wildfire risk86.990.4
Flood risk85.469.5
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.