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Cost & Benefits

Ames vs Dunlap

Simple answer

You'd likely save $105 a month in Dunlap.

Typical rent is $1,023 in Ames and $918 in Dunlap. 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)

Dunlap

Iowa

Typical rent
$918
Typical pay
$49,375 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,450
Price index
91.9 (metro)

Benefits after a move

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