Montana vs New Hampshire
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 8 of them and New Hampshire 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.
MeasureMontanaNew Hampshire
Home price$476,115$522,944
Rent paid$1,074$1,488
Cost of living95.5111.4
Income$75,340$99,782
Property tax0.61%1.50%
Income tax5.65%0.00%
Sales tax0.00%0.00%
Electric bill$114$168
Temperature44.2°F46.7°F
Snowfall54.5 in50.6 in
Precipitation23.9 in40.2 in
Sunshine3.96 kWh/m²3.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.211.4
Bachelor's or higher36.3%41.5%
Crime rate424110
Commute19.5 min27.5 min
Unemployment3.3%2.9%
Population change+5.6%+2.7%
Wildfire risk88.545.2
Flood risk61.085.5
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.