Colorado vs Utah
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 Utah 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.
MeasureColoradoUtah
Home price$543,435$541,692
Rent paid$1,727$1,489
Cost of living102.7102.2
Income$97,113$96,658
Property tax0.50%0.48%
Income tax4.40%4.50%
Sales tax7.89%7.42%
Electric bill$109$102
Temperature49.7°F51.6°F
Snowfall39.1 in65.6 in
Precipitation15.8 in17.3 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.621.9
Bachelor's or higher47.8%39.1%
Crime rate476230
Commute25.7 min23.2 min
Unemployment3.9%3.6%
Population change+4.1%+8.2%
Wildfire risk86.995.3
Flood risk85.474.6
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.