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Cost & Benefits

Ames vs Dubuque

Simple answer

You'd likely save $75 a month in Dubuque.

Typical rent is $1,023 in Ames and $948 in Dubuque. This is the Census typical rent, not a promise about your lease.

Ames

Iowa

Typical rent
$1,023
Typical pay
$60,991 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,061
Price index
88.8 (metro)

Dubuque

Iowa

Typical rent
$948
Typical pay
$65,845 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,131
Price index
87.3 (metro)

Benefits after a move

Ames and Dubuque are in the same state, so the benefit rules do not change when you move between them.