Iowa vs Pennsylvania
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 9 of them and Pennsylvania on 6, 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.
MeasureIowaPennsylvania
Home price$241,255$294,099
Rent paid$957$1,224
Cost of living89.797.2
Income$75,501$77,545
Property tax1.33%1.26%
Income tax3.80%3.07%
Sales tax6.94%6.34%
Electric bill$119$173
Temperature50.4°F52°F
Snowfall26.3 in21.7 in
Precipitation34.1 in39.6 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.413.5
Bachelor's or higher32.1%36.4%
Crime rate243246
Commute20.4 min27.1 min
Unemployment3.2%4.1%
Population change+1.5%+0.4%
Wildfire risk45.338.7
Flood risk62.692.3
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.