Colorado vs Missouri
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 Missouri 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.
MeasureColoradoMissouri
Home price$543,435$271,597
Rent paid$1,727$1,030
Cost of living102.789
Income$97,113$71,589
Property tax0.50%0.89%
Income tax4.40%4.70%
Sales tax7.89%8.44%
Electric bill$109$145
Temperature49.7°F56.9°F
Snowfall39.1 in14.0 in
Precipitation15.8 in37.4 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.613.0
Bachelor's or higher47.8%33.5%
Crime rate476462
Commute25.7 min24.0 min
Unemployment3.9%3.7%
Population change+4.1%+1.9%
Wildfire risk86.954.0
Flood risk85.479.4
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.