Montana vs Utah
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 Utah 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.
MeasureMontanaUtah
Home price$476,115$541,692
Rent paid$1,074$1,489
Cost of living95.5102.2
Income$75,340$96,658
Property tax0.61%0.48%
Income tax5.65%4.50%
Sales tax0.00%7.42%
Electric bill$114$102
Temperature44.2°F51.6°F
Snowfall54.5 in65.6 in
Precipitation23.9 in17.3 in
Sunshine3.96 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.221.9
Bachelor's or higher36.3%39.1%
Crime rate424230
Commute19.5 min23.2 min
Unemployment3.3%3.6%
Population change+5.6%+8.2%
Wildfire risk88.595.3
Flood risk61.074.6
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.