Montana vs Wyoming
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 3 of them and Wyoming on 12, 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.
MeasureMontanaWyoming
Home price$476,115$372,526
Rent paid$1,074$1,010
Cost of living95.593.7
Income$75,340$75,532
Property tax0.61%0.53%
Income tax5.65%0.00%
Sales tax0.00%5.39%
Electric bill$114$115
Temperature44.2°F45.1°F
Snowfall54.5 in44.9 in
Precipitation23.9 in15.9 in
Sunshine3.96 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.212.5
Bachelor's or higher36.3%32.3%
Crime rate424203
Commute19.5 min19.7 min
Unemployment3.3%3.2%
Population change+5.6%+2.1%
Wildfire risk88.586.6
Flood risk61.054.1
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.