Little Rock vs Jonesboro leftover
Moving to Jonesboro costs you $413 a month
$2,353/mo leftover in Jonesboro vs $2,766 in Little Rock after tax and rent ($413 less). −$4,956 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
Jonesboro leftover
$2,353
−$413 vs Little Rock
Compare Little Rock to another metro
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Monthly gap
Little Rock → Jonesboro
$413
less / month in Little Rock
$2,353 in Jonesboro · $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, 183 households moved Little Rock → Jonesboro (avg AGI $47,661). 259 went the other way. The whole move →
−$413 / mo
| Per month | Little Rock | Jonesboro | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,208 | $6,515 | −$694 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,702 | $1,469 | −$233 |
| Take-home pay | $5,507 | $5,046 | −$461 |
| Rent | $906 | $837 | −$69 |
| 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 | $2,353 | −$413 |
To break even in Jonesboro, you'd need to earn
$85,500
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
+$325
A year, in state and local income tax. Effective rates: 23.6% in Little Rock, 22.6% in Jonesboro.
More about Jonesboro
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.
Jonesboro, AR in full
State income tax topping out at 3.9%, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $996 and 216 sunny days; commutes average 21 minutes.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Jonesboro on Jonesboro wages.
Jonesboro → Little Rock →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Jonesboro than Little Rock?
A one-bedroom is about $906 in Little Rock versus $837 in Jonesboro. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $413 a month lower in Jonesboro. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Jonesboro have state income tax?
Jonesboro is in Arkansas, which taxes wage income.
What changes if you move from Little Rock to Jonesboro?
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 Jonesboro 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.