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Cost & Benefits

Detroit vs Portage

Simple answer

You'd likely save $59 a month in Detroit.

Typical rent is $1,133 in Portage and $1,074 in Detroit. This is the Census typical rent, not a promise about your lease.

Detroit

Michigan

Typical rent
$1,074
Typical pay
$39,938 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,459
Price index
100.3 (metro)

Portage

Michigan

Typical rent
$1,133
Typical pay
$83,212 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,158
Price index
94.8 (metro)

Benefits after a move

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