Iowa vs Minnesota
Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.
Compare every measure interactivelyIowa comes out ahead on 5 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
Typical home value$236,623$348,778
Home price-to-income3.1×4.0×
Household income$75,501$87,117
Property tax1.33%1.00%
Income tax3.80%9.85%
Sales tax6.94%8.14%
Temperature50.4°F45.6°F
Population3,241,4885,793,151
Cost of living89.794.6
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.