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Cost & Benefits

Cedar Rapids vs Melcher-Dallas

Simple answer

You'd likely save $178 a month in Melcher-Dallas.

Typical rent is $967 in Cedar Rapids and $789 in Melcher-Dallas. This is the Census typical rent, not a promise about your lease.

Cedar Rapids

Iowa

Typical rent
$967
Typical pay
$70,424 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,054
Price index
89.0 (metro)

Melcher-Dallas

Iowa

Typical rent
$789
Typical pay
$58,611 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,021
Price index
87.8 (state)

Benefits after a move

Cedar Rapids and Melcher-Dallas are in the same state, so the benefit rules do not change when you move between them.