Best counties in Iowa

Ranked by composite score — 99 counties

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Rank	County	Score	Tax	Cost	Income
1	Worth County	75.9	72	83.4	33.6
2	Lyon County	75.5	76.4	79.4	31
3	Grundy County	75.3	72.2	79.2	38
4	Sac County	75.2	73.4	86.5	29.7
5	Ida County	75.1	72.3	86.3	24.4
6	Palo Alto County	74.5	67.6	86.4	28.4
7	O'Brien County	73.9	74.4	81.9	27.9
8	Osceola County	73.8	72.7	82.7	28.5
9	Cherokee County	73	72	84.4	25.5
10	Fremont County	72.9	65.7	81.1	31.5
11	Chickasaw County	72.8	71.4	82	31.3
12	Howard County	72.7	65.6	84.3	27.3
13	Winneshiek County	72.7	69.5	77.8	32.8
14	Kossuth County	72.5	72.4	81.5	26.2
15	Pocahontas County	72.4	70.1	85.3	24.8
16	Buchanan County	72.2	64.8	80.3	34.6
17	Hancock County	72.2	68.7	82	29.2
18	Humboldt County	72.1	66.1	83.4	27.1
19	Cedar County	72	68	76.2	35
20	Dickinson County	72	74.8	76	32.1
21	Adams County	71.9	66.7	80.5	28.3
22	Louisa County	71.9	66.5	80.8	35.7
23	Monona County	71.9	69.9	83.1	24.5
24	Winnebago County	71.9	64	83.9	25
25	Bremer County	71.8	64.3	77.5	37.8
26	Mitchell County	71.7	69.8	82.2	28.2
27	Franklin County	71.5	64.4	86.8	24.9
28	Audubon County	71.4	67.8	85.4	18.7
29	Butler County	71.4	63.5	80.7	28.9
30	Jones County	71.4	65.8	79.9	31.1
31	Guthrie County	71.3	65	79	35.6
32	Plymouth County	71.3	71.9	78.5	36.6
33	Shelby County	71.3	66.7	79.8	27.6
34	Calhoun County	71.2	65.2	86	27
35	Carroll County	71.2	72.7	82.7	28.1
36	Clay County	71.1	69	80.2	25.2
37	Van Buren County	71.1	68.5	85.7	22.7
38	Greene County	70.9	68.6	81.7	22
39	Taylor County	70.9	68.2	84	27.3
40	Wayne County	70.9	64.4	85.5	22
41	Allamakee County	70.8	67.9	82.7	26.5
42	Benton County	70.8	65	76.6	38.7
43	Iowa County	70.8	64.3	78.5	30.5
44	Jackson County	70.8	67	80.9	30.1
45	Monroe County	70.8	59.5	80.6	30.7
46	Ringgold County	70.8	66.5	78.8	29
47	Keokuk County	70.7	64.9	81	23.1
48	Marion County	70.7	65.9	76.2	34.3
49	Sioux County	70.3	69.8	75.8	38.7
50	Mahaska County	70.2	63.2	80.5	28.4
51	Delaware County	70	64.5	80.4	33.1
52	Boone County	69.6	61.9	76.4	35.4
53	Poweshiek County	69.6	66.2	76.7	25.7
54	Hamilton County	69.5	63.9	80.2	30.2
55	Clayton County	69.4	63.4	82.2	24.1
56	Floyd County	69.3	63.2	83.6	25.5
57	Mills County	69.3	61.3	73.5	40.7
58	Adair County	69.2	65.1	81.4	26.6
59	Harrison County	69.2	64.6	78.2	33.7
60	Lucas County	69.1	60.6	82.2	27.7
61	Page County	68.9	61.9	83.9	21.1
62	Appanoose County	68.8	67	82.3	16.8
63	Buena Vista County	68.8	67.4	80	26.8
64	Emmet County	68.7	60.7	84.6	25.9
65	Jasper County	68.6	62.2	78.2	29.2
66	Wright County	68.3	58.9	83.4	25.2
67	Decatur County	68.2	54.6	83.7	20.7
68	Washington County	68.2	64.4	76.7	30
69	Henry County	68.1	57	81	25.6
70	Fayette County	67.6	65.3	80.6	21.8
71	Madison County	67.6	58.6	70.5	41.8
72	Clarke County	67.5	61.3	76.9	27
73	Jefferson County	67.4	60.4	78.6	20.5
74	Tama County	67.4	63.2	79.3	27.7
75	Hardin County	67.2	62.1	81.8	25.8
76	Warren County	67.1	60	69.7	44.1
77	Webster County	67.1	60.7	82.1	27.8
78	Montgomery County	66.7	51.9	83.2	24.6
79	Dubuque County	66.6	66.8	74	32.9
80	Cass County	66.5	62.1	82.8	23.6
81	Crawford County	66.5	65.1	82.3	25.8
82	Cerro Gordo County	65.5	60.2	79.8	26.2
83	Des Moines County	65.3	59.2	77.9	23
84	Lee County	65.3	60.1	80.9	22.4
85	Union County	65.3	51.9	83.8	20.5
86	Clinton County	64.7	58.7	78.3	25.9
87	Marshall County	64.6	59.7	78.7	30.9
88	Muscatine County	64.6	58.8	75.2	28.8
89	Story County	64.6	60.9	71	28.4
90	Dallas County	64.5	61.4	60.3	50.2
91	Davis County	64.4	59.6	77.2	35.3
92	Black Hawk County	62.6	59.2	75.1	25.5
93	Scott County	62.5	59.6	72.9	33.2
94	Wapello County	62.4	56.1	78.6	22.6
95	Linn County	62.2	55.5	73.1	33.3
96	Woodbury County	61.9	60.7	75.7	29.2
97	Pottawattamie County	61.4	56.9	73.7	30
98	Johnson County	61	58.3	65.8	32.2
99	Polk County	58.1	52.9	66.7	36.7