Montana vs North Carolina
Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.
Compare every measure interactivelyMontana comes out ahead on 4 of them and North Carolina on 3, 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.
MeasureMontanaNorth Carolina
Typical home value$467,275$332,159
Home price-to-income6.2×4.5×
Household income$75,340$73,958
Property tax0.61%0.66%
Income tax5.65%3.99%
Sales tax0.00%7.10%
Temperature44.2°F60.3°F
Population1,137,23311,046,024
Cost of living95.597.8
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.