Houston, TX → Fayetteville, AR
Moving to Fayetteville costs you $757 a month
−$9,084 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms.
In 2022-2023, 242 households moved Houston → Fayetteville (avg AGI $81,062). 107 went the other way. The whole move →
| Per month | Houston | Fayetteville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,958 | $7,022 | −$936 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,661 | $1,639 | −$21 |
| Take-home pay | $6,298 | $5,383 | −$915 |
| Rent | $1,199 | $1,144 | −$55 |
| Getting around | $572 | $542 | −$30 |
| Groceries | $380 | $360 | −$20 |
| Healthcare | $428 | $405 | −$23 |
| Utilities | $238 | $225 | −$13 |
| Everything else | $333 | $315 | −$18 |
| Left over | $3,149 | $2,392 | −$757 |
To break even in Fayetteville, you'd need to earn
$98,000
Household gross, versus $95,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Houston does now.
The tax difference alone
−$3,074
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 20.9% in Houston, 23.3% in Fayetteville.
More about Fayetteville
Houston, TX in full
The cheapest housing of any top-10 metro, paid for in property tax and humidity.
Fayetteville, AR in full
Ozark trails, corporate headquarters, and a 21-minute commute.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Fayetteville on Fayetteville wages.
Fayetteville → Houston →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.