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Cost & Benefits

Brookline vs Cambridge

Simple answer

You'd likely save $48 a month in Cambridge.

Typical rent is $2,835 in Brookline and $2,787 in Cambridge. This is the Census typical rent, not a promise about your lease.

Brookline

Massachusetts

Typical rent
$2,835
Typical pay
$142,101 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$3,008
Price index
108.3 (metro)

Cambridge

Massachusetts

Typical rent
$2,787
Typical pay
$130,748 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$3,008
Price index
108.3 (metro)

Benefits after a move

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