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Cost & Benefits

Lansing vs Rochester

Simple answer

You'd likely save $645 a month in Rochester.

Typical rent is $1,726 in Lansing and $1,081 in Rochester. This is the Census typical rent, not a promise about your lease.

Lansing

New York

Typical rent
$1,726
Typical pay
$72,364 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,709
Price index
103.3 (metro)

Rochester

New York

Typical rent
$1,081
Typical pay
$47,213 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,416
Price index
97.0 (metro)

Benefits after a move

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