Colorado vs Oregon
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 9 of them and Oregon 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.
MeasureColoradoOregon
Home price$543,435$504,432
Rent paid$1,727$1,497
Cost of living102.7111.8
Income$97,113$85,220
Property tax0.50%0.81%
Income tax4.40%9.90%
Sales tax7.89%0.00%
Electric bill$109$132
Temperature49.7°F51.9°F
Snowfall39.1 in9.0 in
Precipitation15.8 in50.9 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²3.84 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.618.4
Bachelor's or higher47.8%37.8%
Crime rate476331
Commute25.7 min23.2 min
Unemployment3.9%5.2%
Population change+4.1%+0.9%
Wildfire risk86.970.7
Flood risk85.487.9
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.