Colorado vs Oklahoma
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 Oklahoma on 7, 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.
MeasureColoradoOklahoma
Home price$543,435$225,437
Rent paid$1,727$1,002
Cost of living102.786
Income$97,113$66,148
Property tax0.50%0.79%
Income tax4.40%4.50%
Sales tax7.89%9.06%
Electric bill$109$141
Temperature49.7°F61.9°F
Snowfall39.1 in4.4 in
Precipitation15.8 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²4.62 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.616.3
Bachelor's or higher47.8%29.3%
Crime rate476423
Commute25.7 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.9%4.2%
Population change+4.1%+4.1%
Wildfire risk86.986.9
Flood risk85.476.7
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.