Louisiana 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.
Louisiana 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.
MeasureLouisianaMontana
Home price$217,968$476,115
Rent paid$1,056$1,074
Cost of living92.395.5
Income$60,986$75,340
Property tax0.55%0.61%
Income tax3.00%5.65%
Sales tax10.13%0.00%
Electric bill$157$114
Temperature69.3°F44.2°F
Snowfall0.8 in54.5 in
Precipitation54.0 in23.9 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.914.2
Bachelor's or higher27.8%36.3%
Crime rate520424
Commute26.2 min19.5 min
Unemployment4.4%3.3%
Population change-0.9%+5.6%
Wildfire risk48.088.5
Flood risk80.161.0
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.