Ames vs Muscatine
Simple answer
You'd likely save $49 a month in Muscatine.
Typical rent is $1,023 in Ames and $974 in Muscatine. 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)
Muscatine
Iowa
- Typical rent
- $974
- Typical pay
- $58,117 a year
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,093
- Price index
- 87.8 (state)
Benefits after a move
Ames and Muscatine are in the same state, so the benefit rules do not change when you move between them.