Montana vs Wyoming The Cost of Living

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Montana vs. Wyoming The Cost of Living will break down everything you need to know if you are thinking about moving to Montana or Wyoming. Montana real estate and Wyoming real estate have some similarities but there are some major differences that we cover in this video. If you are thinking about moving to Montana or Wyoming, this will help with your choice of states.
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@wolson9 3 жыл бұрын

I have lived in both states for significant periods of time and have family in both states. As far as things to do, there is no difference between the states. If you are an outdoors person, both states offer the same adventures. If anything, Wyoming is like Montana used to be about 20 years ago. Jobs tend to be the same. As in Montana, your job depends on where you live or vice versa. But the same opportunities exist. Taxwise, you can't beat Wyoming. It is the main reason I live in Wyoming now.

@kellyemontana62 3 жыл бұрын

Same. From MT, live in WY for economic reasons. Good amount of really mountainous areas that not as many people know about in WY like Wind River Range, Big Horns, and Absarokas. It is like Montana 20 or 30 years ago really.

@SKBottom 3 жыл бұрын

I just want to meet Sheriff Walt Longmire. 😁

@wolfdue2236 3 жыл бұрын

@@SKBottom lol...I watched that. Probably will watch it again. Other netfix movies I like is "Better call Saul" "Resurrection Ertugrul" "The Last Kingdom" "HinterLand"

@wyomingadventures 3 жыл бұрын

@@SKBottom Craig Johnson lives in my county. Come to Longmire days in the summer. Buffalo Wyoming.

@alexmalm6406 Жыл бұрын

I have lived in both. Previous in Bozeman Montana. High school in Jackson Wyoming and lived a couple years in cody Wyoming. I’m looking at moving back to Wyoming. Can’t afford Montana anymore. Everyone from California is driving everything up in price. I’m in North Dakota now.

@reality6756 3 жыл бұрын

I was born and raised in the most unique state in the US, Wyoming. It will always be my home even though the Army has stationed me around the world. So far there has been no equal to Wyoming. but Montana is a close second in my books next to Texas.

@hisnameisiam808 2 жыл бұрын

Where in Wyoming? We are in Oregon and conservatism is dying here. We might move in the next year or so and we are looking at Montana, Wyoming, Texas and Arkansas. We have a martial arts school but can do drywall as well. My dad was born on the Flathead reservation and moved to Livingston Montana and then to greybull Wyoming. He broke football records at his highschool. He loves his home state but we have a life here and it will be very hard to leave after killing 25 elk over the course of my 29 years. We love it here but it's getting CRAZY. Communism is becoming the new popular thing even though they don't know a cultural revolution is happening. They are oblivious.

@Yenko1992 2 жыл бұрын

@@hisnameisiam808 Sheridan Wyoming is wonderful

@tannerboy92 3 жыл бұрын

If that super volcano blew I don't think it matters what state your in, were mostly all screwed.

@michaelscofield2444 3 жыл бұрын

Well then I ll be good and safe cause I am in Alaska. Maybe I should then just stay here for now lol

@RedRoseSeptember22 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelscofield2444 Yeah but you could get an enormous Earthquake out there :/

@michaelscofield2444 3 жыл бұрын

@@RedRoseSeptember22 yeah,I could. But I wouldn't 🙏😁

@SuspiciousFace 3 жыл бұрын

it'll never happen, anyway.

@zacharyrogerssr9331 3 жыл бұрын

I'd rather be right next door

@troopertravelsadventures1229 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Wyoming, and love it here. The wildlife and landscape are to die for. I love the fact there aren't many people, but it's not for everyone. If you like shopping and conveniences at your finger tips, or can't live independently, forget it. You have to live and shop differently, and always be sure you have a full tank of gas, you may not come across another station any time soon. If you are a liberal, you will not be happy her! I work from home, so that part doesn't affect me, which makes Wyoming perfect.

@dee5298 2 жыл бұрын

Why wouldn't a liberal like living in Wyoming?

@bretmaverick2991 2 жыл бұрын

@@dee5298 because Wyoming doesnt want idiots living there

@rosbar4752 2 жыл бұрын

@@dee5298 because they spoil everywhere they go. They should stay in Portland or Seattle with their own kind.

@patti9692 2 жыл бұрын

@@dee5298 because they take their crazy views and try to infringe upon the common sense of their new communities. That’s not appreciated nor embraced.

@thomash4296 Жыл бұрын

@@patti9692 that’s a human being issue. Not an political one.

@Saddlinup 2 жыл бұрын

Montana has no sales tax, Wyoming has up to 5% based on county. In the counties with higher populations, Montana’s property taxes are high especially after each county tacks on school levy’s. With our latest influx of people during 20-21, real estate is not obtainable for the average, working Montanans. Rentals are scarce. And, with more people comes more problems. In my county, crime is up, accidents on the highway are up, politics are changing. None of this is for the better.

@donaldrice5281 3 жыл бұрын

You should be aware of one simple fact about Wyoming, that is that the wind blows 351 days a year. I have traveled I 25 from Chyenne to Casper 3 times and each time I saw 2 trucks blown over. To see the grass laying down is a normal day in Wyoming. If you doubt it check the weather records. You will learn real quick what they mean by a gentle breeze, and why they have wind socks on the bridges.

@jamesmiddleton5304 3 жыл бұрын

Wind blows in Montana as well..2/3 of the state is prairie

@jamesjones5631 3 жыл бұрын

Wyoming wind sock a chain on a pole.....

@wyomingadventures 3 жыл бұрын

Totally correct about that.

@blackbeard1988 3 жыл бұрын

I come from Oklahoma where straight line winds can split trees. But I made the mistake of one september day moving up to WA, I had just turned the AC on coming over from CO, got out at a rest stop to drool over how pretty Elk mountain was and about turned into a popsicle. Cold and windy ooooof.....

@Im4theRepublic 3 жыл бұрын

I think that all of the great plains states have wind 365, I have driven through all of them and live in one and that is my conclusion.

@roseluke7148 3 жыл бұрын

For 20+ yrs, my Son and I drove from Colorado to Seattle, and back, to visit with relatives...going thru Montana/Wyoming...I LOVED both States, living for a year in Missoula Mt, ( beautiful city) now recently moved to Casper, Wy....beautiful, layed back, medium size community...a little bigger than Mayberry. I love it here!

@danielcraig9103 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the details, love the pictures. I always wonder where people work out in the middle of no where. What a beautiful place to live feels like another country when you go there! You did a great job talking thanks again!

@bj3018 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative. Good info. Thank you. Keep them coming

@mariocolasanti773 3 жыл бұрын

Great informative video. A video comparing differences between south Dakota and Montana would also be very appreciated and helpful if possible. Thank you so much.

@klwthe3rd 3 жыл бұрын

I just found this channel yesterday through Google's algoritham and i can't believe how much quality content is contained in these videos. I, like most people, yearn to move to a more rural setting and often felt that Montana would be the best place. But i have also considered Wyoming and North Dakota too. I will definately watch all the videos to learn more and the creators of this channel deserve a huge thumbs up for their great content.

@WyomingTraveler 3 жыл бұрын

I live in WY now, in the late 1980s I lived in MT, but could not find a job after leaving the AF. moved to TX. I lived overseas for 16 years then moved to WY for family and tax reasons. Not much different between the states, Wyoming has less taxes and is more conservative. I like both states.

@Latebird24 3 жыл бұрын

You’re the type of Realtor I would love to work with. You think of the whole picture. I really enjoyed your video.

@wyomingadventures 3 жыл бұрын

They are honest about the area. Not something you see with very many realtors now.

@laragreene8328 3 жыл бұрын

When I was young My born and raised in Georgia Uncle moved to Montana. I never knew why!! I'm not saying its good or bad,I just never had one clue why he did it. I mean its a big change, I would have loved to know even one reason why he did. Though personally I later grew up liking Wyoming, not Montana! I think maybe both are more original type USA States....and thats what we both love. More freedom more originality😁

@melissakillpack5605 3 жыл бұрын

Loved Cheyenne Wyoming!

@gunman-6646 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video Will

@andrewe.7907 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful!!!

@LoriWatson11 3 жыл бұрын

Love the videos! Looks like you guys are getting tons of new subscribers! Congrats. Seems like a huge jump in a short time. I would love to move to Montana but we just aren’t ready yet. We have a log home on 13 acres in Maryland. It’s a beautiful place but I’ve lived in this area all my life and wanna get out and see other places! Hoping when we are ready to take the leap that Montana will be where we end up if it’s not insanely crowded by then...lol.

@stephenhensley7004 3 жыл бұрын

We are a mile from the bay and are out on the water about every other week, it is oyster tonging right now. But Maryland now reminds me of the feudal time in history where Baltimore and Annapolis just collect taxes from us serfs for more government spending inside the aforementioned castles.

@nepalappmarket5535 2 жыл бұрын

Nice information - keep posting

@kimterry4239 3 жыл бұрын

Wyoming is just beautiful. I used to haul my horses to Jackson Hole every summer, because I live in the Mojave desert. My ex-wifes mom has a huge spread there.

@jamesjones5631 3 жыл бұрын

I live in Wyoming love it five min. To a place were nobody gives a hoot on what you doin......

@norm5785 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing. Everyone stay safe, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia

@wyomingadventures 3 жыл бұрын

He's right about Wyoming. I travel 32 miles to shop for groceries once a month. Wyoming has been hurting now because we don't have the natural resources going out. Jobs are much harder to find in Wyoming. So basically it's not cheap living here. High paying aren't plentiful here. You can keep Jackson. Full of liberals unfortunately!

@deepdude4719 Жыл бұрын

32 miles to shop for groceries? What is the minimun wage there?

@MichelleNovalee 3 жыл бұрын

Can you please do a video comparing Montana and South Dakota? We are thinking of moving to Western Montana or the black hills area of South Dakota.

@kimterry4239 3 жыл бұрын

Of it's for economic reasons , North Dakota has good paying jobs. Especially if you have a good trade.

@MatthewC137 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: The largest glacier in the Rocky Mountains is in Wyoming and the largest bighorn sheep herd in the lower 48 is in the same area.

@user-qc7hr4my7r Жыл бұрын

We just left Cooke City after visiting Yellowstone and drove through the upper part of Wyoming to the Devils Tower. Amazing views in the northern part of the state and into the northern part of the Big Horn National Forest. Was a great drive and definitely very rural with barely any towns on the way there. Driving to East Glacier from Indiana in 2 months and looking forward to seeing how Montana looks from a car instead of a plane.

@TheShoop137 3 жыл бұрын

Lol. Where is that 69 million I have laying around? I know it’s here it’s in here somewhere. I’m going to get back to you!

@tekknorat 3 жыл бұрын

Do you really need that kind of ranch to live? Can't go for something more humble?

@house9850 2 жыл бұрын

recent research has shown the super volcano is a non issue. Its constantly off gassing currently and that relieves the pressure, so no build up to cause a mega disaster. Also Wyoming has no income tax and low to average property tax

@brettharsanye5939 2 жыл бұрын

Yea I love montana but I'm retiring in wyoming mainly like you said wyoming is a much more friendly tax state

@danielbianchi3479 Жыл бұрын

I can’t afford to retire in Maui Hawaii, so will buy a 1/2 - 1 acre & build my own house! I’m a retired carpenter builder so I have 1 more house in me! Really looking forward to enjoying all the Beautiful Landscape’s! Wyoming for me!❤❤❤

@diyoregonnowtexas9202 3 жыл бұрын

I lived in North Idaho for 15 years. If you like 6 feet of snow,constant plowing and shoveling and 20 degrees below zero, then go there. After slipping and falling on ice every winter, jamming your shoulders,neck and back when you land on your tail bone, occasional fender bender accidents on ice, and a very short gardening season with poor rocky soil, I'm done with it. I'm moving to Texas.

@j.k.cascade2057 6 ай бұрын

good for you ! you moving should raise the average IQ of both states population !

@DakaTheWanderer 3 жыл бұрын

My husband and I love your channel! We miss MT!!! Can't wait to come back to visit!

@ruthannelackey8624 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been to Jackson, Wyoming

@kimterry4239 3 жыл бұрын

It's a beautiful place.

@ryanlevron1972 2 жыл бұрын

I was born and raised by New Orleans, La Moved to Wyoming a bit over 2 years ago...bought property in Wyoming this past spring near Gillette

@SKBottom 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. My Metro area has 1.2 million people. 😳

@John_on_the_mountain 3 жыл бұрын

Ive been really considering Darby, MT. Anyone have any advice about the place?

@tvs3497 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, give me a home where the buffalos roam, where the deer and the antelope play, where seldom is heard a discouraging word, and the skies are not cloudy all day.

@rollingwithrita4331 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I've been considering Evanston WY for retirement but still want to check out Montana. Great video.

@jamesjones5631 3 жыл бұрын

Evanston is a nice place but not very cool. Not much there live hour away it's ok.

@wyomingadventures 3 жыл бұрын

James is right.

@wywildman8373 2 жыл бұрын

If Walmart is your main supplier of groceries and don't mind the cold. Not far from Park City, UT for World Class Skiing. The Jamaican ski team loved it.

@antonioburke458 2 жыл бұрын

I hope with all the different people moving there. The states pass legislation to keep the natives and the landscape in safe and beautiful

@UNUSUALUSERNAME220 3 жыл бұрын

Better to be close to the epicenter of a super-volcano than the outskirts, it's all over in a matter of seconds. The most unfortunate people in a natural disaster of that kind are the survivors.

@eddierags720 3 жыл бұрын

The best of both worlds would be to live in Sheridan Wy and shop in Billings.

@wyomingadventures 3 жыл бұрын

Sheridan is a great small city! My advice would be check out the jobs. Because Wyoming doesn't have very many high paying jobs. Not much natural energy resources being sold out of our state anymore.

@krisg3984 3 жыл бұрын

I’m not a fan of constant wind- can you tell me what parts of these states Don’t have constant wind ?

@theodoremartin6153 3 жыл бұрын

Constant Wind? Is that the place where the wind stopped blowing and everybody fell down?

@paulwatterson5992 3 жыл бұрын

Have you done a study on Idaho? Also medical facilities are very important to retired folks.

@nalaredneb78 3 жыл бұрын

Montana vs Oregon comparison please.

@robertfortier2136 3 жыл бұрын

Montana: beautiful landscape, wonderful sane country folk. Oregon: beautiful landscape, home base of anarchist Antifa. *I choose Montana. No deadly riots.*

@John_on_the_mountain 3 жыл бұрын

@@robertfortier2136 i hear you. But if you MUST go to Oregon, go east of the Cascades. Very comparable to Idaho

@mustang5.077 3 жыл бұрын

Hey I’m an electrical lineman from Texas and I’ve been wanting to move to either Montana or Wyoming for awhile now and was looking to purchase 10-15 acres in the mountains somewhere outside a small city so I could still find work in my profession but not encounter tons of traffic and have nice scenery my budget would top out around 600k any recommendations? And I really appreciate these videos they’re informative and really helping me out.

@LivinginMontana1 3 жыл бұрын

Email me at montanaliferealty@gmail.com and I can help you out. I am also good friends with a lineman here!

@amandabrower7101 3 жыл бұрын

Butte montana.

@deepdude4719 Жыл бұрын

Did you move? Did you find a good house to settle down? How is life there? Cost of living???? Jobs????

@jackcyr449 2 жыл бұрын

Are there any options to live near a ski resort for around 600k?

@ruthannelackey8624 3 жыл бұрын

I was born in Evanston, Wyoming

@ruthannelackey8624 3 жыл бұрын

If I could Go to Montana it would be great. Although my kids would not go with me

@faithsrvtrip8768 3 жыл бұрын

Montana doesn't have a sales tax. Yet. Montana and Wyoming are on my list of places to buy my next home / property. Looking for a place with la population of less than 5k. I will pass on any college town. With regard to sales tax versus income tax it depends on your situation. I don't want to be around people.

@MM-yb2fy 3 жыл бұрын

Any luck ?

@faithsrvtrip8768 3 жыл бұрын

@@MM-yb2fy :. Spending the winter down south. Will start looking in the spring.

@sundiego565 3 жыл бұрын

All thumbs down must be “city slickers”.

@nothingtoseehere4684 3 жыл бұрын

Or people living in Montana or Wyoming

@amolinari9 3 жыл бұрын

M H lol because they don’t want ppl moving there 😐

@John_on_the_mountain 3 жыл бұрын

@@amolinari9 thankfully most people will avoid either because of the weather. Thatll keep more people out than anything

@retrobikes3863 3 жыл бұрын

Would the 14,334 tax in Wyoming be 22,334 if you had no dependents ( assuming $4,000 per child?). I did try the tax calculator but as do not have an understanding of it as non American could not get it to work. One thing i do know in France on 100k they would take about half...

@barano9729 Жыл бұрын

Wyoming has no state tax. You only pay federal tax.

@davegibbs6592 2 жыл бұрын

Great states, live there in a sec if I could get the salt water out of my veins.

@gilbertmeleasa 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not running from the law, I have never committed a crime, I just want a new life! I have no ties here, and I'm country. Is anything else required?

@davidpayne1519 3 жыл бұрын

I hear ya, getting hard to live anywhere

@bikernu 3 жыл бұрын

What can you tell me about Shelby Montana

@krystletwiss3351 3 жыл бұрын

Teeny tiny and boring!

@nankarobinson3899 3 жыл бұрын

"if you're thinking about moving to Montana, please don't....." LOL. :-) JK, great info. Thanks

@RedskinzFan 3 жыл бұрын

So what’s the difference in living in northern my vs southern montana when it comes to Yellowstone blowing its top? Lol

@finngamesknudson1457 3 жыл бұрын

If Yellowstone super volcano blows, little of the US will survive. Difference between Montana and Wyoming would be moot.

@gilbertmeleasa 3 жыл бұрын

I want to move to either Montana or Wyoming... Someone please tell me who to contact?

@LivinginMontana1 3 жыл бұрын

We would be happy to help! montanaliferealty@gmail.com or call 406-249-1735

@kellychristenot9579 3 жыл бұрын

Show up in January then you’ll really know

@lisaknottsberryfan7982 3 жыл бұрын

So two before I bought a place in cody my father told me to spend two weeks in the winter there it was 20 below and windy but I still bought it.😍

@valeriukko9431 Жыл бұрын

@@lisaknottsberryfan7982 Probably in January the price was cut down half ...

@suedrinsinger5469 3 жыл бұрын

No if Yellowstone blows Montana and wyoming will be wiped out. You will be zapped in both states. The whole us will suffer. I love Montana I lived there now wyoming. God works. I still thinking of moving back there. Alot of hiking I did love it

@John_on_the_mountain 3 жыл бұрын

Well it hasnt happened for thousands of years so ill take my chances

@annamaegarrett1613 3 жыл бұрын

If Yellowstone blows the entire United States will be under deadly ash in days and the northern hemisphere will go into nuclear winter. Southern Hemisphere climate will be thrown off.

@dead2selfShema 3 жыл бұрын

@@John_on_the_mountain Same statement by many about Mt Saint Helens in WA

@mattpastell3728 2 жыл бұрын

Was that a Freudian Slip/or pause? After you said “If you’re thinking of moving to Montana, please don’t..long pause…hesitate to contact…The subconscious message is ‘Don’t move to Montana!

@David-kd5mf 3 жыл бұрын

I am surprised billings is the most populated city in montana. Would have figured missoula or something in the mountain area. It's really flat out in billings.

@brettharsanye5939 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know why montana tax your social security. I was very disappointed when I found that out

@duaneclark9005 3 жыл бұрын

As far as taxes go you forgot a major one, sales tax.

@dawizze1 7 ай бұрын

Ive always wanted to know what on earth do you do if you need a doctor? Living in one of these states not in the main citites sounds like a death sentence from just rolling an ankle lol

@leftwingersareweak 3 жыл бұрын

She's cute. 😊

@rarelibra Жыл бұрын

dude... you would have to live east of Nebraska in order to survive the Yellowstone caldera erupting.

@paulofearghail9408 Жыл бұрын

*fewer people per square mile

@melvynmsegal9482 3 жыл бұрын

I want to move to Montana

@mattpastell3728 2 жыл бұрын

You didn’t even cover hunting and fishing! A major reason to be moving to either state!

@sircampbell1249 21 күн бұрын

Wyoming is closed, check back next year.....

@bestill365 3 ай бұрын

Jackson isn't Wyoming, if you ask anyone from Wyoming.

@valeriukko9431 Жыл бұрын

Does someone know any place on Earth where tax-officers have NOT reached yet ?...

@suedrinsinger5469 3 жыл бұрын

Not for long wyoming is going to start taxing corporation and millionaire will be taxed higher. The free ride in wyoming is over and proterty taxes are going to be high. All oil and gas and coal are closed and we got another coal mine shutting down

@stormz9899 2 жыл бұрын

Is Bill Gates still building a nuclear power plant in Wyoming???

@wywildman8373 2 жыл бұрын

It is known to have purchase land near Wright, Wy.

@deepdude4719 Жыл бұрын

@@wywildman8373 I hope he does. If the winter is so long and brutal why not to build cities underground? Indoors vertical farming?

@artcianfanojr Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Extra half-hour life span.......

@murrayterry834 8 күн бұрын

gillette was the bread basket of wyoming. the third largest city. jackson contributes nothing.

@m.3591 3 жыл бұрын

Boy do you sound bitter

@thehunt85 10 ай бұрын

Always wondered what the differences were between the 2 states. Excellent video! Thank you NYC native looking to retire at the end of the year and seemed to be pulled to these two places. Seems extreme, right ... 🥹😂