Montana vs Texas
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 Texas on 7, 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.
MeasureMontanaTexas
Home price$476,115$302,999
Rent paid$1,074$1,386
Cost of living95.592.1
Income$75,340$79,721
Property tax0.61%1.40%
Income tax5.65%0.00%
Sales tax0.00%8.20%
Electric bill$114$174
Temperature44.2°F69.7°F
Snowfall54.5 in1.0 in
Precipitation23.9 in33.1 in
Sunshine3.96 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.215.1
Bachelor's or higher36.3%35.2%
Crime rate424389
Commute19.5 min27.5 min
Unemployment3.3%4.4%
Population change+5.6%+8.8%
Wildfire risk88.583.5
Flood risk61.089.2
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.