Iowa vs Wyoming
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 4 of them and Wyoming on 10, 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.
MeasureIowaWyoming
Home price$241,255$372,526
Rent paid$957$1,010
Cost of living89.793.7
Income$75,501$75,532
Property tax1.33%0.53%
Income tax3.80%0.00%
Sales tax6.94%5.39%
Electric bill$119$115
Temperature50.4°F45.1°F
Snowfall26.3 in44.9 in
Precipitation34.1 in15.9 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.412.5
Bachelor's or higher32.1%32.3%
Crime rate243203
Commute20.4 min19.7 min
Unemployment3.2%3.2%
Population change+1.5%+2.1%
Wildfire risk45.386.6
Flood risk62.654.1
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.