Arizona vs Iowa
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Arizona comes out ahead on 4 of them and Iowa on 11, 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.
MeasureArizonaIowa
Home price$422,822$241,255
Rent paid$1,518$957
Cost of living110.789.7
Income$81,486$75,501
Property tax0.48%1.33%
Income tax2.50%3.80%
Sales tax8.54%6.94%
Electric bill$161$119
Temperature70.7°F50.4°F
Snowfall2.0 in26.3 in
Precipitation9.0 in34.1 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.914.4
Bachelor's or higher34.7%32.1%
Crime rate422243
Commute26.4 min20.4 min
Unemployment4.9%3.2%
Population change+6.5%+1.5%
Wildfire risk98.245.3
Flood risk98.362.6
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.