Colorado vs Kansas
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 Kansas on 9, 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.
MeasureColoradoKansas
Home price$543,435$252,794
Rent paid$1,727$1,051
Cost of living102.788.8
Income$97,113$75,514
Property tax0.50%1.21%
Income tax4.40%5.58%
Sales tax7.89%8.71%
Electric bill$109$131
Temperature49.7°F56.7°F
Snowfall39.1 in17.2 in
Precipitation15.8 in33.5 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.613.6
Bachelor's or higher47.8%36.0%
Crime rate476439
Commute25.7 min20.0 min
Unemployment3.9%3.8%
Population change+4.1%+1.3%
Wildfire risk86.970.0
Flood risk85.469.4
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.