Colorado vs Nevada
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 Nevada on 6, 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.
MeasureColoradoNevada
Home price$543,435$448,215
Rent paid$1,727$1,580
Cost of living102.7100.2
Income$97,113$81,134
Property tax0.50%0.50%
Income tax4.40%0.00%
Sales tax7.89%8.24%
Electric bill$109$117
Temperature49.7°F62.8°F
Snowfall39.1 in1.7 in
Precipitation15.8 in8.6 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²5.55 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.620.0
Bachelor's or higher47.8%28.5%
Crime rate476402
Commute25.7 min25.7 min
Unemployment3.9%5.1%
Population change+4.1%+5.7%
Wildfire risk86.998.1
Flood risk85.493.9
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.