Florida 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.
Florida 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.
MeasureFloridaIowa
Home price$378,126$241,255
Rent paid$1,644$957
Cost of living102.289.7
Income$77,735$75,501
Property tax0.78%1.33%
Income tax0.00%3.80%
Sales tax6.98%6.94%
Electric bill$169$119
Temperature74°F50.4°F
Snowfall0.2 in26.3 in
Precipitation43.3 in34.1 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.514.4
Bachelor's or higher35.8%32.1%
Crime rate267243
Commute28.9 min20.4 min
Unemployment4.7%3.2%
Population change+8.9%+1.5%
Wildfire risk92.845.3
Flood risk93.162.6
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.