Colorado vs Ohio
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 Ohio 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.
MeasureColoradoOhio
Home price$543,435$251,502
Rent paid$1,727$1,030
Cost of living102.794.3
Income$97,113$72,212
Property tax0.50%1.36%
Income tax4.40%2.75%
Sales tax7.89%7.29%
Electric bill$109$158
Temperature49.7°F52°F
Snowfall39.1 in25.7 in
Precipitation15.8 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.617.3
Bachelor's or higher47.8%32.4%
Crime rate476294
Commute25.7 min23.8 min
Unemployment3.9%3.6%
Population change+4.1%+0.9%
Wildfire risk86.936.7
Flood risk85.484.9
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.