Montana vs Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania 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.
MeasureMontanaPennsylvania
Home price$476,115$294,099
Rent paid$1,074$1,224
Cost of living95.597.2
Income$75,340$77,545
Property tax0.61%1.26%
Income tax5.65%3.07%
Sales tax0.00%6.34%
Electric bill$114$173
Temperature44.2°F52°F
Snowfall54.5 in21.7 in
Precipitation23.9 in39.6 in
Sunshine3.96 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.213.5
Bachelor's or higher36.3%36.4%
Crime rate424246
Commute19.5 min27.1 min
Unemployment3.3%4.1%
Population change+5.6%+0.4%
Wildfire risk88.538.7
Flood risk61.092.3
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.