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Cost & Benefits

Melrose vs Wakefield

Simple answer

You'd likely save $12 a month in Wakefield.

Typical rent is $1,970 in Melrose and $1,958 in Wakefield. This is the Census typical rent, not a promise about your lease.

Melrose

Massachusetts

Typical rent
$1,970
Typical pay
$133,953 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$3,008
Price index
108.3 (metro)

Wakefield

Massachusetts

Typical rent
$1,958
Typical pay
$134,306 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$3,008
Price index
108.3 (metro)

Benefits after a move

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