Arizona vs Montana
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Arizona comes out ahead on 6 of them and Montana 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.
MeasureArizonaMontana
Home price$422,822$476,115
Rent paid$1,518$1,074
Cost of living110.795.5
Income$81,486$75,340
Property tax0.48%0.61%
Income tax2.50%5.65%
Sales tax8.54%0.00%
Electric bill$161$114
Temperature70.7°F44.2°F
Snowfall2.0 in54.5 in
Precipitation9.0 in23.9 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.914.2
Bachelor's or higher34.7%36.3%
Crime rate422424
Commute26.4 min19.5 min
Unemployment4.9%3.3%
Population change+6.5%+5.6%
Wildfire risk98.288.5
Flood risk98.361.0
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.