Kentucky 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.
Kentucky comes out ahead on 7 of them and Montana on 8, 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.
MeasureKentuckyMontana
Home price$235,363$476,115
Rent paid$957$1,074
Cost of living92.595.5
Income$64,526$75,340
Property tax0.74%0.61%
Income tax3.50%5.65%
Sales tax6.00%0.00%
Electric bill$155$114
Temperature56.9°F44.2°F
Snowfall13.4 in54.5 in
Precipitation57.0 in23.9 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.614.2
Bachelor's or higher27.9%36.3%
Crime rate213424
Commute24.5 min19.5 min
Unemployment4.7%3.3%
Population change+2.2%+5.6%
Wildfire risk34.488.5
Flood risk70.461.0
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.