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Cost & Benefits

Ames vs Pleasant Hill

Simple answer

You'd likely save $192 a month in Ames.

Typical rent is $1,215 in Pleasant Hill and $1,023 in Ames. 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)

Pleasant Hill

Iowa

Typical rent
$1,215
Typical pay
$90,508 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,360
Price index
91.7 (metro)

Benefits after a move

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