Indiana 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.
Indiana comes out ahead on 7 of them and Montana on 7, 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.
MeasureIndianaMontana
Home price$262,265$476,115
Rent paid$1,063$1,074
Cost of living9195.5
Income$71,959$75,340
Property tax0.76%0.61%
Income tax2.95%5.65%
Sales tax7.00%0.00%
Electric bill$160$114
Temperature52.6°F44.2°F
Snowfall26.8 in54.5 in
Precipitation38.0 in23.9 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.514.2
Bachelor's or higher30.7%36.3%
Crime rate313424
Commute24.6 min19.5 min
Unemployment3.3%3.3%
Population change+2.8%+5.6%
Wildfire risk24.688.5
Flood risk75.861.0
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.