Florida 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.
Florida 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.
MeasureFloridaMontana
Home price$378,126$476,115
Rent paid$1,644$1,074
Cost of living102.295.5
Income$77,735$75,340
Property tax0.78%0.61%
Income tax0.00%5.65%
Sales tax6.98%0.00%
Electric bill$169$114
Temperature74°F44.2°F
Snowfall0.2 in54.5 in
Precipitation43.3 in23.9 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.514.2
Bachelor's or higher35.8%36.3%
Crime rate267424
Commute28.9 min19.5 min
Unemployment4.7%3.3%
Population change+8.9%+5.6%
Wildfire risk92.888.5
Flood risk93.161.0
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.