{"id":10303,"date":"2017-03-28T11:22:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T14:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lawnstarter.wpengine.com\/?p=10303"},"modified":"2017-10-11T15:02:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T18:02:34","slug":"lawn-care-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/lawn-care-2\/lawn-care-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"The 7 Places Where People Care Most About Lawn Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A whole lot of Iowans love their lawns.<\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A LawnStarter analysis of Google Trends data from March 2012 to March 2017 shows the combined area of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Iowa City and Waterloo in Iowa led all U.S. metro regions in Google searches for the term \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/lawn-care\">lawn care<\/a>\u201d during the five-year period.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Trends analyzes a percentage of all searches for a term like \u201clawn care\u201d within the same timeframe and location, and then assigns a search score (1 through 100) to a geographic region. For March 2012 to March 2017, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cedar Rapids-Dubuque-Iowa City-Waterloo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> earned the highest score on the Google Trends scale \u2014 100 \u2014 for the term \u201clawn care.\u201d On the Google scale, a score of 100 indicates the maximum search interest for a selected timeframe and location.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our analysis, all seven regions with the highest degree of search interest in \u201clawn care\u201d are in the Midwest.<\/span><\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/iowa-lawn-care-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10310 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/iowa-lawn-care-1.jpg\" alt=\"Des Moines lawn care\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/iowa-lawn-care-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/iowa-lawn-care-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/iowa-lawn-care-1-98x55.jpg 98w, https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/iowa-lawn-care-1-610x343.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evergreenservicesdm.com\/\">Evergreen Services<\/a><\/em><\/p> <p>Sick of handling your own yard work? \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\">Book a local lawn care professional near you.\u00a0<\/a><\/p> <h3>Showing Love for Their Lawns<\/h3> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Randy Robinson, CEO of the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iowaturfgrass.org\/iplcahome.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iowa Professional Lawn Care Association<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, says he\u2019s not surprised by the high level of Iowans\u2019 interest in lawn care.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIowa is blessed with some of the best soil in the world, which makes for nice golf courses and sports fields, and beautiful lawns,\u201d Robinson tells LawnStarter. \u201cPeople in Iowa are very proud of having a good-looking lawn. You wouldn\u2019t believe the amount of calls we receive in our office asking how they can make their lawn look better.\u201d<\/span><\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Click on a number on the map below to get more information about lawn care in that city.<\/em><\/p> <p><center><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1YiodiTt34cHpMa-C99NcihsV0C8\" width=\"720\" height=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/center><center><\/center>As for Iowans hunting for lawn care information online, Robinson says many people in the state are cost-conscious and environmentally conscious DIYers.<\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIowa is an agricultural state, so many people grew up near or worked on a farm when they were younger, or they were around people that did,\u201d he says. \u201cIf they can do it themselves, they will, and they search Google to find better ways to do it.\u201d<\/span><\/p> <h3>The 7 Places Where People Care Most About Lawn Care<\/h3> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on Google Trends data for March 2012 to March 2017, here are the seven places in the U.S. that care the most about lawn care. The regions listed below are defined by Google Trends and may not align with the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s official designations for metro areas.<\/span><\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/iowa-lawn-care.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10308 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/iowa-lawn-care.jpg\" alt=\"Iowa lawn care\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/iowa-lawn-care.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/iowa-lawn-care-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/iowa-lawn-care-83x55.jpg 83w, https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/iowa-lawn-care-610x407.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.extension.iastate.edu\/article\/extension-and-outreach-offers-summer-lawn-care-tips\">Iowa State University Extension and Outreach<\/a><\/em><\/p> <h3>1. Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Iowa City-Dubuque, IA<\/h3> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Trends score: 100<\/span><\/p> <h3>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/grand-rapids-mi-lawn-care\">Grand Rapids<\/a>-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI<\/h3> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Trends score: 98<\/span><\/p> <h3>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/des-moines-ia-lawn-care\">Des Moines<\/a>-Ames, IA<\/h3> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Trends score: 96<\/span><\/p> <h3>4. <a href=\"\/st.-louis-mo-lawn-care\">St. Louis, MO<\/a><\/h3> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Trends score: 95<\/span><\/p> <h3>5. Peoria-Bloomington, IL<\/h3> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Trends score: 92<\/span><\/p> <h3>6. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/omaha-ne-lawn-care\">Omaha, NE<\/a><\/h3> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Trends score: 91<\/span><\/p> <h3>7. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/kansas-city-mo-lawn-care\">Kansas City, MO<\/a><\/h3> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Trends score: 90<\/span><\/p> <p><em>Top photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/cuttingedge-lawns.com\/#!contact-us\">Cutting Edge Lawns &amp; Landscapes<\/a><\/em><\/p> <p><strong>Read Next:\u00a0<\/strong>LawnStarter is expanding to provide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/baton-rouge-la-lawn-care\">lawn service in Baton Rouge<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/tallahasee-fl-lawn-care\">Tallahassee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.wpengine.com\/lawnstarter\/lawnstarter-expansion-baton-rouge-tallahassee\/\">read more here<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A whole lot of Iowans love their lawns. 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