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Cost & Benefits

Ames vs Tiffin

Simple answer

You'd likely save $201 a month in Ames.

Typical rent is $1,224 in Tiffin 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)

Tiffin

Iowa

Typical rent
$1,224
Typical pay
$100,952 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,180
Price index
91.5 (metro)

Benefits after a move

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