Iowa vs Idaho
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Iowa comes out ahead on 9 of them and Idaho 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.
MeasureIowaIdaho
Home price$241,255$482,199
Rent paid$957$1,251
Cost of living89.799.9
Income$75,501$81,166
Property tax1.33%0.50%
Income tax3.80%5.30%
Sales tax6.94%6.03%
Electric bill$119$112
Temperature50.4°F50.2°F
Snowfall26.3 in17.8 in
Precipitation34.1 in17.4 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.418.4
Bachelor's or higher32.1%33.0%
Crime rate243231
Commute20.4 min22.2 min
Unemployment3.2%3.7%
Population change+1.5%+10.4%
Wildfire risk45.390.4
Flood risk62.669.5
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.