Colorado vs South 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 South 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.
MeasureColoradoSouth Dakota
Home price$543,435$325,618
Rent paid$1,727$941
Cost of living102.791.9
Income$97,113$76,881
Property tax0.50%1.00%
Income tax4.40%0.00%
Sales tax7.89%6.11%
Electric bill$109$138
Temperature49.7°F47.4°F
Snowfall39.1 in29.7 in
Precipitation15.8 in23.7 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²4.08 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.614.2
Bachelor's or higher47.8%34.2%
Crime rate476362
Commute25.7 min18.5 min
Unemployment3.9%2.0%
Population change+4.1%+5.5%
Wildfire risk86.975.5
Flood risk85.454.5
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.