Iowa vs Kentucky
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 7 of them and Kentucky on 7, 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.
MeasureIowaKentucky
Home price$241,255$235,363
Rent paid$957$957
Cost of living89.792.5
Income$75,501$64,526
Property tax1.33%0.74%
Income tax3.80%3.50%
Sales tax6.94%6.00%
Electric bill$119$155
Temperature50.4°F56.9°F
Snowfall26.3 in13.4 in
Precipitation34.1 in57.0 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.415.6
Bachelor's or higher32.1%27.9%
Crime rate243213
Commute20.4 min24.5 min
Unemployment3.2%4.7%
Population change+1.5%+2.2%
Wildfire risk45.334.4
Flood risk62.670.4
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.