Little Rock vs Hot Springs leftover
Moving to Hot Springs costs you $589 a month
$2,177/mo leftover in Hot Springs vs $2,766 in Little Rock after tax and rent ($589 less). −$7,068 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Little Rock leftover
$2,766
a month after tax and rent
Hot Springs leftover
$2,177
−$589 vs Little Rock
Compare Little Rock to another metro
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Monthly gap
Little Rock → Hot Springs
$589
less / month in Little Rock
$2,177 in Hot Springs · $2,766 in Little Rock · 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, 490 households moved Little Rock → Hot Springs (avg AGI $59,188). 650 went the other way. The whole move →
−$589 / mo
| Per month | Little Rock | Hot Springs | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,208 | $6,211 | −$997 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,702 | $1,367 | −$335 |
| Take-home pay | $5,507 | $4,844 | −$663 |
| Rent | $906 | $811 | −$95 |
| Getting around | $540 | $561 | +$21 |
| Groceries | $357 | $357 | $0 |
| Healthcare | $402 | $402 | $0 |
| Utilities | $223 | $223 | $0 |
| Everything else | $313 | $313 | $0 |
| Left over | $2,766 | $2,177 | −$589 |
To break even in Hot Springs, you'd need to earn
$85,000
Household gross, versus $86,500 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Little Rock does now.
The tax difference alone
+$467
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 23.6% in Little Rock, 22.0% in Hot Springs.
More about Hot Springs
Little Rock, AR in full
State income tax topping out at 3.9%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,079 and 208 sunny days; commutes average 23 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 → Little Rock →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Hot Springs than Little Rock?
A one-bedroom is about $906 in Little Rock versus $811 in Hot Springs. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $589 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 Little Rock 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 Little Rock 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.