Colorado vs Minnesota
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 7 of them and Minnesota on 8, 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.
MeasureColoradoMinnesota
Home price$543,435$356,887
Rent paid$1,727$1,272
Cost of living102.794.6
Income$97,113$87,117
Property tax0.50%1.00%
Income tax4.40%9.85%
Sales tax7.89%8.14%
Electric bill$109$119
Temperature49.7°F45.6°F
Snowfall39.1 in30.7 in
Precipitation15.8 in30.4 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.615.7
Bachelor's or higher47.8%40.0%
Crime rate476257
Commute25.7 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.9%4.4%
Population change+4.1%+2.2%
Wildfire risk86.957.4
Flood risk85.479.3
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.