Colorado vs Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania on 8, 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.
MeasureColoradoPennsylvania
Home price$543,435$294,099
Rent paid$1,727$1,224
Cost of living102.797.2
Income$97,113$77,545
Property tax0.50%1.26%
Income tax4.40%3.07%
Sales tax7.89%6.34%
Electric bill$109$173
Temperature49.7°F52°F
Snowfall39.1 in21.7 in
Precipitation15.8 in39.6 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.613.5
Bachelor's or higher47.8%36.4%
Crime rate476246
Commute25.7 min27.1 min
Unemployment3.9%4.1%
Population change+4.1%+0.4%
Wildfire risk86.938.7
Flood risk85.492.3
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.