Colorado vs Mississippi
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 Mississippi 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.
MeasureColoradoMississippi
Home price$543,435$198,428
Rent paid$1,727$966
Cost of living102.787.3
Income$97,113$59,127
Property tax0.50%0.58%
Income tax4.40%4.00%
Sales tax7.89%7.06%
Electric bill$109$171
Temperature49.7°F66.2°F
Snowfall39.1 in0.9 in
Precipitation15.8 in53.1 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.614.3
Bachelor's or higher47.8%27.0%
Crime rate476211
Commute25.7 min26.4 min
Unemployment3.9%3.8%
Population change+4.1%-0.2%
Wildfire risk86.958.0
Flood risk85.463.4
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.