Colorado vs Texas
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 Texas 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.
MeasureColoradoTexas
Home price$543,435$302,999
Rent paid$1,727$1,386
Cost of living102.792.1
Income$97,113$79,721
Property tax0.50%1.40%
Income tax4.40%0.00%
Sales tax7.89%8.20%
Electric bill$109$174
Temperature49.7°F69.7°F
Snowfall39.1 in1.0 in
Precipitation15.8 in33.1 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.615.1
Bachelor's or higher47.8%35.2%
Crime rate476389
Commute25.7 min27.5 min
Unemployment3.9%4.4%
Population change+4.1%+8.8%
Wildfire risk86.983.5
Flood risk85.489.2
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.