Iowa vs North Dakota
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 North Dakota on 8, 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.
MeasureIowaNorth Dakota
Home price$241,255$293,556
Rent paid$957$931
Cost of living89.791.4
Income$75,501$77,871
Property tax1.33%0.92%
Income tax3.80%2.50%
Sales tax6.94%7.09%
Electric bill$119$133
Temperature50.4°F42.4°F
Snowfall26.3 in23.0 in
Precipitation34.1 in20.1 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.411.7
Bachelor's or higher32.1%34.0%
Crime rate243254
Commute20.4 min17.5 min
Unemployment3.2%2.3%
Population change+1.5%+2.6%
Wildfire risk45.365.1
Flood risk62.649.2
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.