Iowa vs New Hampshire
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 8 of them and New Hampshire 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.
MeasureIowaNew Hampshire
Home price$241,255$522,944
Rent paid$957$1,488
Cost of living89.7111.4
Income$75,501$99,782
Property tax1.33%1.50%
Income tax3.80%0.00%
Sales tax6.94%0.00%
Electric bill$119$168
Temperature50.4°F46.7°F
Snowfall26.3 in50.6 in
Precipitation34.1 in40.2 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²3.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.411.4
Bachelor's or higher32.1%41.5%
Crime rate243110
Commute20.4 min27.5 min
Unemployment3.2%2.9%
Population change+1.5%+2.7%
Wildfire risk45.345.2
Flood risk62.685.5
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.