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Cost & Benefits

Grand Rapids vs Kalamazoo

Simple answer

You'd likely save $188 a month in Kalamazoo.

Typical rent is $1,266 in Grand Rapids and $1,078 in Kalamazoo. This is the Census typical rent, not a promise about your lease.

Grand Rapids

Michigan

Typical rent
$1,266
Typical pay
$69,108 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,630
Price index
95.5 (metro)

Kalamazoo

Michigan

Typical rent
$1,078
Typical pay
$52,272 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,158
Price index
94.8 (metro)

Benefits after a move

Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo are in the same state, so the benefit rules do not change when you move between them.