Missouri 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.
Missouri 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.
MeasureMissouriMontana
Home price$271,597$476,115
Rent paid$1,030$1,074
Cost of living8995.5
Income$71,589$75,340
Property tax0.89%0.61%
Income tax4.70%5.65%
Sales tax8.44%0.00%
Electric bill$145$114
Temperature56.9°F44.2°F
Snowfall14.0 in54.5 in
Precipitation37.4 in23.9 in
Sunshine4.25 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.014.2
Bachelor's or higher33.5%36.3%
Crime rate462424
Commute24.0 min19.5 min
Unemployment3.7%3.3%
Population change+1.9%+5.6%
Wildfire risk54.088.5
Flood risk79.461.0
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.