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Cost & Benefits

Ames vs Robins

Simple answer

You'd likely save $67 a month in Robins.

Typical rent is $1,023 in Ames and $956 in Robins. 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)

Robins

Iowa

Typical rent
$956
Typical pay
$122,262 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,054
Price index
89.0 (metro)

Benefits after a move

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