Iowa vs Kansas
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 Kansas 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.
MeasureIowaKansas
Home price$241,255$252,794
Rent paid$957$1,051
Cost of living89.788.8
Income$75,501$75,514
Property tax1.33%1.21%
Income tax3.80%5.58%
Sales tax6.94%8.71%
Electric bill$119$131
Temperature50.4°F56.7°F
Snowfall26.3 in17.2 in
Precipitation34.1 in33.5 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.413.6
Bachelor's or higher32.1%36.0%
Crime rate243439
Commute20.4 min20.0 min
Unemployment3.2%3.8%
Population change+1.5%+1.3%
Wildfire risk45.370.0
Flood risk62.669.4
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.