Montana vs Nevada
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 9 of them and Nevada on 6, 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.
MeasureMontanaNevada
Home price$476,115$448,215
Rent paid$1,074$1,580
Cost of living95.5100.2
Income$75,340$81,134
Property tax0.61%0.50%
Income tax5.65%0.00%
Sales tax0.00%8.24%
Electric bill$114$117
Temperature44.2°F62.8°F
Snowfall54.5 in1.7 in
Precipitation23.9 in8.6 in
Sunshine3.96 kWh/m²5.55 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.220.0
Bachelor's or higher36.3%28.5%
Crime rate424402
Commute19.5 min25.7 min
Unemployment3.3%5.1%
Population change+5.6%+5.7%
Wildfire risk88.598.1
Flood risk61.093.9
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.