Fort Smith vs Hot Springs leftover
Moving to Hot Springs costs you $226 a month
$2,172/mo leftover in Hot Springs vs $2,398 in Fort Smith after tax and rent ($226 less). −$2,712 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Fort Smith leftover
$2,398
a month after tax and rent
Hot Springs leftover
$2,172
−$226 vs Fort Smith
Compare Fort Smith to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Fort Smith.
Monthly gap
Fort Smith → Hot Springs
$226
less / month in Fort Smith
$2,172 in Hot Springs · $2,398 in Fort Smith · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
−$226 / mo
| Per month | Fort Smith | Hot Springs | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,500 | $6,204 | −$296 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,464 | $1,365 | −$99 |
| Take-home pay | $5,036 | $4,839 | −$197 |
| Rent | $776 | $811 | +$35 |
| Getting around | $563 | $561 | −$2 |
| Groceries | $358 | $357 | −$1 |
| Healthcare | $403 | $402 | −$1 |
| Utilities | $224 | $223 | −$1 |
| Everything else | $314 | $313 | −$1 |
| Left over | $2,398 | $2,172 | −$226 |
To break even in Hot Springs, you'd need to earn
$78,500
Household gross, versus $78,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Fort Smith does now.
The tax difference alone
+$138
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 22.5% in Fort Smith, 22.0% in Hot Springs.
More about Hot Springs
Fort Smith, AR in full
State income tax topping out at 3.9%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $924 and 223 sunny days; commutes average 22 minutes.
Hot Springs, AR in full
State income tax topping out at 3.9%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $965 and 210 sunny days; commutes average 22 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Hot Springs on Hot Springs wages.
Hot Springs → Fort Smith →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Hot Springs than Fort Smith?
A one-bedroom is about $776 in Fort Smith versus $811 in Hot Springs. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $226 a month lower in Hot Springs. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Hot Springs have state income tax?
Hot Springs is in Arkansas, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Fort Smith to Hot Springs?
Take-home pay is recalculated under Arkansas 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 Fort Smith and Hot Springs 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.