Colorado vs Kentucky
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 5 of them and Kentucky on 10, 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.
MeasureColoradoKentucky
Home price$543,435$235,363
Rent paid$1,727$957
Cost of living102.792.5
Income$97,113$64,526
Property tax0.50%0.74%
Income tax4.40%3.50%
Sales tax7.89%6.00%
Electric bill$109$155
Temperature49.7°F56.9°F
Snowfall39.1 in13.4 in
Precipitation15.8 in57.0 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.615.6
Bachelor's or higher47.8%27.9%
Crime rate476213
Commute25.7 min24.5 min
Unemployment3.9%4.7%
Population change+4.1%+2.2%
Wildfire risk86.934.4
Flood risk85.470.4
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.