Colorado vs Indiana
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 4 of them and Indiana on 11, 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.
MeasureColoradoIndiana
Home price$543,435$262,265
Rent paid$1,727$1,063
Cost of living102.791
Income$97,113$71,959
Property tax0.50%0.76%
Income tax4.40%2.95%
Sales tax7.89%7.00%
Electric bill$109$160
Temperature49.7°F52.6°F
Snowfall39.1 in26.8 in
Precipitation15.8 in38.0 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.615.5
Bachelor's or higher47.8%30.7%
Crime rate476313
Commute25.7 min24.6 min
Unemployment3.9%3.3%
Population change+4.1%+2.8%
Wildfire risk86.924.6
Flood risk85.475.8
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.