($1,655) Movers From Lansing, MI to Spring Valley, NV

What to know before moving from Lansing to Spring Valley

Moving from Lansing to Spring Valley comes with exciting new opportunities — but also higher living costs. Since Spring Valley is generally more expensive than Lansing, 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 68% higher than in Lansing, 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 Lansing.
  Home prices in Spring Valley are 169.4% higher than in Lansing.
• Income in Spring Valley is 22.8% lower than in Lansing, 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 188.4% higher than in Lansing. 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 39.3% higher than in Lansing.
• The unemployment rate in Spring Valley is 18.92% higher than in Lansing.
• You’ll spend more on retail and restaurants in Spring Valley, since the city’s sales taxes in Spring Valley are 39.67% higher than in Lansing.
• One perk of moving to Spring Valley is paying less in state income taxes, which are 100.00% lower than in Lansing.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $8,652.04 in Spring Valley to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Lansing.

How life is different in Lansing vs. Spring Valley

• The population of Spring Valley is about 91% greater than Lansing, so you may find more to see and do in your new surroundings. Of course, with more people can also come increased competition for jobs and housing.
• Spring Valley offers better access to buses and trains than Lansing, based on public transportation ratings. Spring Valley has a transit score of 6 out of 10 compared to 5 in Lansing. 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 Lansing. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 44 and 46 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• You probably won’t see as many cycling lanes or off-road trails in Spring Valley, which is ranked as less bike-friendly than Lansing. While Lansing has a bike-friendliness score of 55 out of 100, Spring Valley earned a 43. Scores are based on factors like whether a city accommodates cyclists on major roadways, how often people bike to work, and how many steep hills it has.
• Spring Valley has a lower crime rate than Lansing based on scores of 40.8 and Lansing's 48.66, respectively. The crime index shows how safe a city is perceived to be. So, a lower score generally means less crime.
• You might find more confidence in your overall safety in Spring Valley than in Lansing, based on Spring Valley’s safety index of 59.2 versus 51.34 for Lansing. With this index, higher scores indicate more safety, particularly around how comfortable residents feel walking alone during the day and at night.
• The air quality in Spring Valley and Lansing 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.