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Cost & Benefits

Ames vs Prairie City

Simple answer

You'd likely save $223 a month in Prairie City.

Typical rent is $1,023 in Ames and $800 in Prairie City. 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)

Prairie City

Iowa

Typical rent
$800
Typical pay
$78,295 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$989
Price index
91.7 (metro)

Benefits after a move

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