Colorado vs Virginia
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 6 of them and Virginia on 9, 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.
MeasureColoradoVirginia
Home price$543,435$419,920
Rent paid$1,727$1,599
Cost of living102.7100.8
Income$97,113$92,090
Property tax0.50%0.78%
Income tax4.40%5.75%
Sales tax7.89%5.77%
Electric bill$109$173
Temperature49.7°F57.6°F
Snowfall39.1 in11.3 in
Precipitation15.8 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.614.0
Bachelor's or higher47.8%43.3%
Crime rate476218
Commute25.7 min28.3 min
Unemployment3.9%3.7%
Population change+4.1%+2.9%
Wildfire risk86.933.1
Flood risk85.467.2
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.