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Cost & Benefits

Buffalo vs Muscatine

Simple answer

You'd likely save $170 a month in Buffalo.

Typical rent is $974 in Muscatine and $804 in Buffalo. This is the Census typical rent, not a promise about your lease.

Buffalo

Iowa

Typical rent
$804
Typical pay
$69,728 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,056
Price index
89.1 (metro)

Muscatine

Iowa

Typical rent
$974
Typical pay
$58,117 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,093
Price index
87.8 (state)

Benefits after a move

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