Beaumont vs Eagle Pass leftover
Moving to Eagle Pass costs you $625 a month
$2,252/mo leftover in Eagle Pass vs $2,877 in Beaumont after tax and rent ($625 less). −$7,500 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Beaumont leftover
$2,877
a month after tax and rent
Eagle Pass leftover
$2,252
−$625 vs Beaumont
Compare Beaumont to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Beaumont.
Monthly gap
Beaumont → Eagle Pass
$625
less / month in Beaumont
$2,252 in Eagle Pass · $2,877 in Beaumont · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
−$625 / mo
| Per month | Beaumont | Eagle Pass | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,125 | $6,206 | −$919 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,414 | $1,141 | −$272 |
| Take-home pay | $5,711 | $5,065 | −$646 |
| Rent | $949 | $928 | −$21 |
| Getting around | $570 | $570 | $0 |
| Groceries | $363 | $363 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $408 | $408 | $0 |
| Utilities | $227 | $227 | $0 |
| Everything else | $317 | $317 | $0 |
| Left over | $2,877 | $2,252 | −$625 |
To break even in Eagle Pass, you'd need to earn
$85,000
Household gross, versus $85,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Beaumont does now.
The tax difference alone
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
More about Eagle Pass
Beaumont, TX in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,130 and 223 sunny days; commutes average 23 minutes.
Eagle Pass, TX in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,105 and 226 sunny days; commutes average 23 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Eagle Pass on Eagle Pass wages.
Eagle Pass → Beaumont →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Eagle Pass than Beaumont?
A one-bedroom is about $949 in Beaumont versus $928 in Eagle Pass. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $625 a month lower in Eagle Pass. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Eagle Pass have state income tax?
Eagle Pass is in Texas, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from Beaumont to Eagle Pass?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Texas tax, rent is priced at the same bedroom count, and leftover is the gap. The from-to page also lists IRS households that already made the move, when that data exists.
Leftover is take-home after federal, state and city wage tax, minus asking rent at the bedroom count you set, minus a modelled month of groceries, utilities, healthcare, transport and childcare. It is not a cost-of-living index and not a moving quote. The dollar gap between Beaumont and Eagle Pass moves when you change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.
Rent is Zillow's asking rent for each metro; taxes and living costs are modelled. An estimate, not a quote or tax advice. How this is calculated.