For gas, let's assume you drive 1,000 miles a month and your car averages 23 miles per gallon. You'd need to budget about $87 per month with prices at $2 per gallon. That leaves only $124 for a car payment, parking and other transportation expenses.
North Dakota grew the fastest, increasing its population by 2.2 percent in the same time span. Colorado increased 1.9 percent. From 2010 to 2015, Colorado grew by 408,320 people, a 7.5 percent increase and the fourth-fastest growth rate behind North Dakota, Washington D.C. and Texas.
With 2.9 million residents in 2015, metro Denver's population grew 2.1 percent, well above the national average of 0.8 percent growth. The population grew by 58,474 residents, from 2,755,856 in July 2014 to 2,814,330 in July of 2015. Read more at the Denver Business Journal: http://bit.ly/1TSonsM.