Skip to content
Cost & Benefits

Merkel vs Sweetwater

Simple answer

You'd likely save $151 a month in Sweetwater.

Typical rent is $1,058 in Merkel and $907 in Sweetwater. This is the Census typical rent, not a promise about your lease.

Merkel

Texas

Typical rent
$1,058
Typical pay
$73,500 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,310
Price index
90.4 (metro)

Sweetwater

Texas

Typical rent
$907
Typical pay
$44,892 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,087
Price index
97.1 (state)

Benefits after a move

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