Montana vs Vermont
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 Vermont 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.
MeasureMontanaVermont
Home price$476,115$402,017
Rent paid$1,074$1,239
Cost of living95.5113.6
Income$75,340$82,730
Property tax0.61%1.51%
Income tax5.65%8.75%
Sales tax0.00%6.43%
Electric bill$114$141
Temperature44.2°F44.3°F
Snowfall54.5 in97.9 in
Precipitation23.9 in42.4 in
Sunshine3.96 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.211.5
Bachelor's or higher36.3%45.1%
Crime rate424219
Commute19.5 min23.9 min
Unemployment3.3%2.6%
Population change+5.6%+0.2%
Wildfire risk88.521.0
Flood risk61.064.8
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.