Montana vs New Mexico
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 New Mexico 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 Mexico
Home price$476,115$321,186
Rent paid$1,074$1,073
Cost of living95.593.7
Income$75,340$67,816
Property tax0.61%0.63%
Income tax5.65%5.90%
Sales tax0.00%7.68%
Electric bill$114$98
Temperature44.2°F56.8°F
Snowfall54.5 in8.9 in
Precipitation23.9 in11.3 in
Sunshine3.96 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.213.8
Bachelor's or higher36.3%31.8%
Crime rate424717
Commute19.5 min24.0 min
Unemployment3.3%4.8%
Population change+5.6%+0.4%
Wildfire risk88.592.1
Flood risk61.088.2
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.