Kansas 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.
Kansas comes out ahead on 8 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.
MeasureKansasMontana
Home price$252,794$476,115
Rent paid$1,051$1,074
Cost of living88.895.5
Income$75,514$75,340
Property tax1.21%0.61%
Income tax5.58%5.65%
Sales tax8.71%0.00%
Electric bill$131$114
Temperature56.7°F44.2°F
Snowfall17.2 in54.5 in
Precipitation33.5 in23.9 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.614.2
Bachelor's or higher36.0%36.3%
Crime rate439424
Commute20.0 min19.5 min
Unemployment3.8%3.3%
Population change+1.3%+5.6%
Wildfire risk70.088.5
Flood risk69.461.0
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.