Colorado vs Louisiana
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 8 of them and Louisiana on 7, 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.
MeasureColoradoLouisiana
Home price$543,435$217,968
Rent paid$1,727$1,056
Cost of living102.792.3
Income$97,113$60,986
Property tax0.50%0.55%
Income tax4.40%3.00%
Sales tax7.89%10.13%
Electric bill$109$157
Temperature49.7°F69.3°F
Snowfall39.1 in0.8 in
Precipitation15.8 in54.0 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²4.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.613.9
Bachelor's or higher47.8%27.8%
Crime rate476520
Commute25.7 min26.2 min
Unemployment3.9%4.4%
Population change+4.1%-0.9%
Wildfire risk86.948.0
Flood risk85.480.1
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.