Montana vs Ohio
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 Ohio 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.
MeasureMontanaOhio
Home price$476,115$251,502
Rent paid$1,074$1,030
Cost of living95.594.3
Income$75,340$72,212
Property tax0.61%1.36%
Income tax5.65%2.75%
Sales tax0.00%7.29%
Electric bill$114$158
Temperature44.2°F52°F
Snowfall54.5 in25.7 in
Precipitation23.9 in39.1 in
Sunshine3.96 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.217.3
Bachelor's or higher36.3%32.4%
Crime rate424294
Commute19.5 min23.8 min
Unemployment3.3%3.6%
Population change+5.6%+0.9%
Wildfire risk88.536.7
Flood risk61.084.9
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.