Montana vs Nebraska
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Montana comes out ahead on 5 of them and Nebraska 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.
MeasureMontanaNebraska
Home price$476,115$284,464
Rent paid$1,074$1,049
Cost of living95.592.6
Income$75,340$76,376
Property tax0.61%1.44%
Income tax5.65%4.55%
Sales tax0.00%6.98%
Electric bill$114$122
Temperature44.2°F52.3°F
Snowfall54.5 in20.7 in
Precipitation23.9 in28.4 in
Sunshine3.96 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.214.1
Bachelor's or higher36.3%35.4%
Crime rate424221
Commute19.5 min19.9 min
Unemployment3.3%2.9%
Population change+5.6%+2.9%
Wildfire risk88.577.6
Flood risk61.065.3
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.