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Iowa vs New Mexico

Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.

Compare every measure interactively

Iowa comes out ahead on 6 of them and New Mexico on 1, 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 Mexico
Typical home value$236,623$315,812
Home price-to-income3.1×4.7×
Household income$75,501$67,816
Property tax1.33%0.63%
Income tax3.80%5.90%
Sales tax6.94%7.68%
Temperature50.4°F56.8°F
Population3,241,4882,130,256
Cost of living89.793.7

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.