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Cost & Benefits

Reading vs Shamokin

Simple answer

You'd likely save $243 a month in Shamokin.

Typical rent is $1,067 in Reading and $824 in Shamokin. This is the Census typical rent, not a promise about your lease.

Reading

Pennsylvania

Typical rent
$1,067
Typical pay
$44,091 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,418
Price index
97.1 (metro)

Shamokin

Pennsylvania

Typical rent
$824
Typical pay
$39,690 a year
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,014
Price index
97.6 (state)

Benefits after a move

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