Colorado vs North Dakota
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 4 of them and North Dakota on 11, 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.
MeasureColoradoNorth Dakota
Home price$543,435$293,556
Rent paid$1,727$931
Cost of living102.791.4
Income$97,113$77,871
Property tax0.50%0.92%
Income tax4.40%2.50%
Sales tax7.89%7.09%
Electric bill$109$133
Temperature49.7°F42.4°F
Snowfall39.1 in23.0 in
Precipitation15.8 in20.1 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.611.7
Bachelor's or higher47.8%34.0%
Crime rate476254
Commute25.7 min17.5 min
Unemployment3.9%2.3%
Population change+4.1%+2.6%
Wildfire risk86.965.1
Flood risk85.449.2
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.