Montana vs Wisconsin
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 Wisconsin 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.
MeasureMontanaWisconsin
Home price$476,115$342,279
Rent paid$1,074$1,071
Cost of living95.597.7
Income$75,340$77,488
Property tax0.61%1.32%
Income tax5.65%7.65%
Sales tax0.00%5.72%
Electric bill$114$124
Temperature44.2°F46.7°F
Snowfall54.5 in40.1 in
Precipitation23.9 in32.1 in
Sunshine3.96 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.213.9
Bachelor's or higher36.3%34.6%
Crime rate424279
Commute19.5 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.3%3.3%
Population change+5.6%+1.3%
Wildfire risk88.534.9
Flood risk61.078.5
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.