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Cost & Benefits

Port Townsend vs Tacoma

Simple answer

You'd likely save $98 a month in Port Townsend.

Typical rent is $1,676 in Tacoma and $1,578 in Port Townsend. This is the Census typical rent, not a promise about your lease.

Port Townsend

Washington

Typical rent
$1,578
Typical pay
$62,606 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,588
Price index
107.0 (state)

Tacoma

Washington

Typical rent
$1,676
Typical pay
$85,884 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$2,064
Price index
111.1 (metro)

Benefits after a move

Port Townsend and Tacoma are in the same state, so the benefit rules do not change when you move between them.