Houston vs Texarkana leftover
Moving to Texarkana costs you $440 a month
$2,720/mo leftover in Texarkana vs $3,160 in Houston after tax and rent ($440 less). −$5,280 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Houston leftover
$3,160
a month after tax and rent
Texarkana leftover
$2,720
−$440 vs Houston
Compare Houston to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Houston.
Monthly gap
Houston → Texarkana
$440
less / month in Houston
$2,720 in Texarkana · $3,160 in Houston · 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, 35 households moved Houston → Texarkana (avg AGI $50,200). 44 went the other way. The whole move →
−$440 / mo
| Per month | Houston | 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 | $1,188 | $877 | −$311 |
| Getting around | $572 | $567 | −$5 |
| Groceries | $380 | $361 | −$19 |
| Healthcare | $428 | $406 | −$22 |
| Utilities | $238 | $226 | −$12 |
| Everything else | $333 | $316 | −$17 |
| Left over | $3,160 | $2,720 | −$440 |
To break even in Texarkana, you'd need to earn
$89,000
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
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
More about Texarkana
Houston, TX in full
The cheapest housing of any top-10 metro, paid for in property tax and humidity.
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 → Houston →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Texarkana than Houston?
A one-bedroom is about $1,188 in Houston versus $877 in Texarkana. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $440 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 Houston 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 Houston 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.