Iowa vs Texas
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 Texas 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.
MeasureIowaTexas
Typical home value$236,623$296,424
Home price-to-income3.1×3.7×
Household income$75,501$79,721
Property tax1.33%1.40%
Income tax3.80%0.00%
Sales tax6.94%8.20%
Temperature50.4°F69.7°F
Population3,241,48831,290,831
Cost of living89.792.1
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.