Iowa vs Minnesota
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 12 of them and Minnesota on 2, 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.
MeasureIowaMinnesota
Home price$241,255$356,887
Rent paid$957$1,272
Cost of living89.794.6
Income$75,501$87,117
Property tax1.33%1.00%
Income tax3.80%9.85%
Sales tax6.94%8.14%
Electric bill$119$119
Temperature50.4°F45.6°F
Snowfall26.3 in30.7 in
Precipitation34.1 in30.4 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.415.7
Bachelor's or higher32.1%40.0%
Crime rate243257
Commute20.4 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.2%4.4%
Population change+1.5%+2.2%
Wildfire risk45.357.4
Flood risk62.679.3
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.