Connecticut 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.
Connecticut comes out ahead on 5 of them and Montana on 10, 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.
MeasureConnecticutMontana
Home price$455,424$476,115
Rent paid$1,537$1,074
Cost of living112.795.5
Income$96,049$75,340
Property tax1.54%0.61%
Income tax6.99%5.65%
Sales tax6.35%0.00%
Electric bill$204$114
Temperature51.3°F44.2°F
Snowfall25.9 in54.5 in
Precipitation42.5 in23.9 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.314.2
Bachelor's or higher42.6%36.3%
Crime rate136424
Commute27.0 min19.5 min
Unemployment5.2%3.3%
Population change+2.2%+5.6%
Wildfire risk45.088.5
Flood risk95.861.0
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.