Colorado vs Michigan
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 Michigan 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.
MeasureColoradoMichigan
Home price$543,435$269,972
Rent paid$1,727$1,117
Cost of living102.790.1
Income$97,113$72,389
Property tax0.50%1.19%
Income tax4.40%4.25%
Sales tax7.89%6.00%
Electric bill$109$131
Temperature49.7°F48.9°F
Snowfall39.1 in47.5 in
Precipitation15.8 in30.4 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.616.9
Bachelor's or higher47.8%33.3%
Crime rate476434
Commute25.7 min24.3 min
Unemployment3.9%5.0%
Population change+4.1%+0.5%
Wildfire risk86.939.8
Flood risk85.484.6
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.