Colorado vs Massachusetts
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 10 of them and Massachusetts on 5, 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.
MeasureColoradoMassachusetts
Home price$543,435$672,867
Rent paid$1,727$1,788
Cost of living102.7141.2
Income$97,113$104,828
Property tax0.50%1.00%
Income tax4.40%9.00%
Sales tax7.89%6.25%
Electric bill$109$183
Temperature49.7°F50.1°F
Snowfall39.1 in29.5 in
Precipitation15.8 in42.1 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²3.82 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.612.0
Bachelor's or higher47.8%48.3%
Crime rate476315
Commute25.7 min30.6 min
Unemployment3.9%4.4%
Population change+4.1%+1.7%
Wildfire risk86.951.0
Flood risk85.494.7
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.