Minnesota 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.
Minnesota comes out ahead on 5 of them and Montana on 10, 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.
MeasureMinnesotaMontana
Home price$356,887$476,115
Rent paid$1,272$1,074
Cost of living94.695.5
Income$87,117$75,340
Property tax1.00%0.61%
Income tax9.85%5.65%
Sales tax8.14%0.00%
Electric bill$119$114
Temperature45.6°F44.2°F
Snowfall30.7 in54.5 in
Precipitation30.4 in23.9 in
Sunshine3.79 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.714.2
Bachelor's or higher40.0%36.3%
Crime rate257424
Commute22.7 min19.5 min
Unemployment4.4%3.3%
Population change+2.2%+5.6%
Wildfire risk57.488.5
Flood risk79.361.0
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.