Colorado vs Montana
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 Montana 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.
MeasureColoradoMontana
Home price$543,435$476,115
Rent paid$1,727$1,074
Cost of living102.795.5
Income$97,113$75,340
Property tax0.50%0.61%
Income tax4.40%5.65%
Sales tax7.89%0.00%
Electric bill$109$114
Temperature49.7°F44.2°F
Snowfall39.1 in54.5 in
Precipitation15.8 in23.9 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.614.2
Bachelor's or higher47.8%36.3%
Crime rate476424
Commute25.7 min19.5 min
Unemployment3.9%3.3%
Population change+4.1%+5.6%
Wildfire risk86.988.5
Flood risk85.461.0
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.