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Cost & Benefits

Brookings vs Rapid City

Simple answer

You'd likely save $220 a month in Brookings.

Typical rent is $1,109 in Rapid City and $889 in Brookings. 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)

Rapid City

South Dakota

Typical rent
$1,109
Typical pay
$70,870 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,430
Price index
89.2 (metro)

Benefits after a move

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