($1,502) Movers From Des Moines, IA to Spring Valley, NV

What to know before moving from Des Moines to Spring Valley

Moving from Des Moines to Spring Valley comes with exciting new opportunities — but also higher living costs. Since Spring Valley is generally more expensive than Des Moines, it’s important to plan ahead and budget carefully for the change.

Check out how the two cities compare so you know what to expect before you relocate:

• Rent prices in Spring Valley are 65% higher than in Des Moines, which means you’ll have less money in your pocket each month.
• In terms of homeownership, you’ll be able to get more for your money in Des Moines.
  Home prices in Spring Valley are 108.1% higher than in Des Moines.
• Income in Spring Valley is 14.6% lower than in Des Moines, so you could earn less for doing the same job. The top employers in Spring Valley include Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center, Clark County School District, and Walmart.
• Be sure to budget for higher bills in Spring Valley, since the cost of living for a single person in Spring Valley is 143.3% higher than in Des Moines. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• If you’re moving your family to Spring Valley, keep in mind that your living expenses could increase. The cost of living for a family in Spring Valley is 33.6% higher than in Des Moines.
• The unemployment rate in Spring Valley is 49.15% higher than in Des Moines.
• You’ll spend more on retail and restaurants in Spring Valley, since the city’s sales taxes in Spring Valley are 19.71% higher than in Des Moines.
• One perk of moving to Spring Valley is paying less in state income taxes, which are 100.00% lower than in Des Moines.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $7,297.73 in Spring Valley to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Des Moines.

How life is different in Des Moines vs. Spring Valley

• Spring Valley might offer you a slower pace of life, since the population is about 69% less than Des Moines.
• Spring Valley offers better access to buses and trains than Des Moines, based on public transportation ratings. Spring Valley has a transit score of 6 out of 10 compared to 5 in Des Moines. The higher the score, the more public transportation pickup and dropoff locations a city provides.
• You’ll find Spring Valley to be about as walkable as Des Moines. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 44 and 45 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• If cycling is your thing, Spring Valley is considered more bike-friendly than Des Moines in terms of designated lanes and connectivity and how many residents opt to commute on two wheels rather than by car. Spring Valley has a bike-friendliness score of 43 out of 100, while Des Moines is rated as 39 out of 100.
• The crime rate in Spring Valley is higher than in Des Moines, so you may want to exercise a little extra caution as you're acclimating to your new location. While the crime index is 40.8 in Spring Valley, it is 5.0 in Des Moines. With this index, the lower the score, the better, since it indicates a city’s crime levels.
• Spring Valley is generally as safe as Des Moines, according to their similar safety index ratings. The ratings are based on how comfortable residents feel about walking alone during the daytime and nighttime and the number of small crimes like theft and muggings.
• The air quality in Spring Valley and Des Moines is generally the same (Good). Cities with good to moderate ratings have clean or acceptable air quality, with the possibility of small pollutants affecting people with certain health conditions like asthma. Anything beyond the moderate rate means increased impact on residents.