Montana vs North Dakota
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 4 of them and North Dakota on 11, 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 Dakota
Home price$476,115$293,556
Rent paid$1,074$931
Cost of living95.591.4
Income$75,340$77,871
Property tax0.61%0.92%
Income tax5.65%2.50%
Sales tax0.00%7.09%
Electric bill$114$133
Temperature44.2°F42.4°F
Snowfall54.5 in23.0 in
Precipitation23.9 in20.1 in
Sunshine3.96 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.211.7
Bachelor's or higher36.3%34.0%
Crime rate424254
Commute19.5 min17.5 min
Unemployment3.3%2.3%
Population change+5.6%+2.6%
Wildfire risk88.565.1
Flood risk61.049.2
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.