Dallas vs Texarkana leftover
Moving to Texarkana costs you $319 a month
$2,720/mo leftover in Texarkana vs $3,039 in Dallas after tax and rent ($319 less). −$3,828 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Dallas leftover
$3,039
a month after tax and rent
Texarkana leftover
$2,720
−$319 vs Dallas
Compare Dallas to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Dallas.
Monthly gap
Dallas → Texarkana
$319
less / month in Dallas
$2,720 in Texarkana · $3,039 in Dallas · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
In 2022-2023, 273 households moved Dallas → Texarkana (avg AGI $56,487). 333 went the other way. The whole move →
−$319 / mo
| Per month | Dallas | Texarkana | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,958 | $6,788 | −$1,170 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,661 | $1,314 | −$347 |
| Take-home pay | $6,298 | $5,474 | −$823 |
| Rent | $1,258 | $877 | −$381 |
| Getting around | $580 | $567 | −$13 |
| Groceries | $392 | $361 | −$31 |
| Healthcare | $441 | $406 | −$35 |
| Utilities | $245 | $226 | −$19 |
| Everything else | $343 | $316 | −$27 |
| Left over | $3,039 | $2,720 | −$319 |
To break even in Texarkana, you'd need to earn
$87,000
Household gross, versus $95,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Dallas does now.
The tax difference alone
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
More about Texarkana
Dallas, TX in full
No income tax, endless new construction, and a 1.5% property tax bill.
Texarkana, TX in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,044 and 216 sunny days; commutes average 21 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Texarkana on Texarkana wages.
Texarkana → Dallas →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Texarkana than Dallas?
A one-bedroom is about $1,258 in Dallas versus $877 in Texarkana. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $319 a month lower in Texarkana. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Texarkana have state income tax?
Texarkana is in Texas, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from Dallas to Texarkana?
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 Dallas and Texarkana 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.