Colorado vs West 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 7 of them and West Virginia 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.
MeasureColoradoWest Virginia
Home price$543,435$182,704
Rent paid$1,727$868
Cost of living102.788.3
Income$97,113$60,798
Property tax0.50%0.51%
Income tax4.40%4.82%
Sales tax7.89%6.60%
Electric bill$109$167
Temperature49.7°F53.9°F
Snowfall39.1 in22.9 in
Precipitation15.8 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.613.7
Bachelor's or higher47.8%24.4%
Crime rate476249
Commute25.7 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.9%4.2%
Population change+4.1%-1.5%
Wildfire risk86.941.2
Flood risk85.479.2
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.