Idaho 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.
Idaho 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.
MeasureIdahoMontana
Home price$482,199$476,115
Rent paid$1,251$1,074
Cost of living99.995.5
Income$81,166$75,340
Property tax0.50%0.61%
Income tax5.30%5.65%
Sales tax6.03%0.00%
Electric bill$112$114
Temperature50.2°F44.2°F
Snowfall17.8 in54.5 in
Precipitation17.4 in23.9 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.414.2
Bachelor's or higher33.0%36.3%
Crime rate231424
Commute22.2 min19.5 min
Unemployment3.7%3.3%
Population change+10.4%+5.6%
Wildfire risk90.488.5
Flood risk69.561.0
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.