Colorado vs Iowa
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 Iowa 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.
MeasureColoradoIowa
Home price$543,435$241,255
Rent paid$1,727$957
Cost of living102.789.7
Income$97,113$75,501
Property tax0.50%1.33%
Income tax4.40%3.80%
Sales tax7.89%6.94%
Electric bill$109$119
Temperature49.7°F50.4°F
Snowfall39.1 in26.3 in
Precipitation15.8 in34.1 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.614.4
Bachelor's or higher47.8%32.1%
Crime rate476243
Commute25.7 min20.4 min
Unemployment3.9%3.2%
Population change+4.1%+1.5%
Wildfire risk86.945.3
Flood risk85.462.6
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.