Colorado vs Wyoming
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 Wyoming 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.
MeasureColoradoWyoming
Home price$543,435$372,526
Rent paid$1,727$1,010
Cost of living102.793.7
Income$97,113$75,532
Property tax0.50%0.53%
Income tax4.40%0.00%
Sales tax7.89%5.39%
Electric bill$109$115
Temperature49.7°F45.1°F
Snowfall39.1 in44.9 in
Precipitation15.8 in15.9 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.612.5
Bachelor's or higher47.8%32.3%
Crime rate476203
Commute25.7 min19.7 min
Unemployment3.9%3.2%
Population change+4.1%+2.1%
Wildfire risk86.986.6
Flood risk85.454.1
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.