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Cost & Benefits

Brookings vs Lead

Simple answer

You'd likely save $54 a month in Lead.

Typical rent is $889 in Brookings and $835 in Lead. This is the Census typical rent, not a promise about your lease.

Brookings

South Dakota

Typical rent
$889
Typical pay
$63,493 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,066
Price index
88.6 (state)

Lead

South Dakota

Typical rent
$835
Typical pay
$73,047 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,207
Price index
88.6 (state)

Benefits after a move

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