Moving from Texas to Colorado
At $100,000 a single filer pays $3,692 a year for moving from Texas to Colorado — $308 a month. Texas charges $0 at that income and Colorado charges $3,692, an effective 0.00% against 3.69%.
The gap is not constant. At $50,000 it is $1,492; at $500,000 it is $21,292. Texas levies no individual income tax, so this move introduces a state income tax bill where you had none.
The move priced at every income
State income tax in both jurisdictions for tax year 2026, at the standard tiers. Change the filing status to see how the answer moves.
| Income | Texas tax | Colorado tax | Change per year | Change per month | Effective rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $0 | $1,492 | +$1,492 | +$124 | 0.00% → 2.98% |
| $75,000 | $0 | $2,592 | +$2,592 | +$216 | 0.00% → 3.46% |
| $100,000 | $0 | $3,692 | +$3,692 | +$308 | 0.00% → 3.69% |
| $150,000 | $0 | $5,892 | +$5,892 | +$491 | 0.00% → 3.93% |
| $250,000 | $0 | $10,292 | +$10,292 | +$858 | 0.00% → 4.12% |
| $500,000 | $0 | $21,292 | +$21,292 | +$1,774 | 0.00% → 4.26% |
Want a figure for your own income? Open this pair in the moving calculator, which also takes Maryland county and New York City local taxes.
Both states at $100,000
Texas (leaving)
$100,000 · Single · TY2026Colorado (arriving)
$100,000 · Single · TY2026How many people make this move
27,574 people moved from Texas to Colorado in 2024, give or take 4,594 — the American Community Survey is a sample, and its margin of error on a flow this size is wide. That makes it the 21th busiest of the 40 routes this site covers.
The traffic runs both ways: 22,986 people moved the other way, from Colorado to Texas, in the same year. That is a net 4,588 toward Colorado. The return trip has its own page: moving from Colorado to Texas.
Movers: U.S. Census Bureau, Table 1. State-to-State Migration Flows: 2024 (American Community Survey 1-year estimates) (retrieved 2026-09-19). Universe: population 1 year and over in the united states. Tax figures are computed from each state's own rate schedule and are unrelated to this dataset.
What else changes between Texas and Colorado
Capital gains. A long-term gain meets a top rate of 0.00% in Texas and 4.40% in Colorado.
Texas, today: Texas taxes no individual capital gain. Article VIII, section 24-a of the Texas Constitution, added by H.J.R. 38 in 2019, provides that "The legislature may not impose a tax on the net incomes of individuals, including an individual's share of partnership and unincorporated association income."
Colorado, after the move: Colorado taxes a capital gain at the flat 4.4% rate. The only capital gains subtraction that survives is for farmers, and only on agricultural land. Compare every state.
Direction of travel. Texas's top rate has not moved since 2021. Colorado's top rate has fallen 0.15 points since 2021. Texas history · Colorado history.
What this does not answer
State income tax only. Property tax, sales tax and housing costs usually matter more to a moving decision than the figures on this page, and none of them is here.
A full year in each state. In the year you move you will normally file part-year returns in both, splitting the income between them, so neither column is what you will actually pay that year.
Rates are tax year 2026. Sources: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and Colorado Department of Revenue. How we verify this data · Disclaimer