Montana vs Tennessee
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 8 of them and Tennessee 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.
MeasureMontanaTennessee
Home price$476,115$338,769
Rent paid$1,074$1,171
Cost of living95.590.3
Income$75,340$71,997
Property tax0.61%0.52%
Income tax5.65%0.00%
Sales tax0.00%9.61%
Electric bill$114$163
Temperature44.2°F60.1°F
Snowfall54.5 in4.8 in
Precipitation23.9 in53.3 in
Sunshine3.96 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher36.3%32.4%
Crime rate424592
Commute19.5 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.3%3.5%
Population change+5.6%+5.8%
Wildfire risk88.548.1
Flood risk61.076.4
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.