

Nashville vs Texarkana
$54/mo more in Texarkana
NashvilleTexarkanaAbout 461 miles apart, close enough to drive.
- Texarkana leaves you more
- No state income tax
- Rent under 30% of pay
Same paycheck, two cities. $2,730/mo in Texarkana. $2,676/mo in Nashville. +$648 a year.
Nashville
$2,676
left each month
Texarkana
$2,730
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| Per month | Nashville | Texarkana | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $7,583 | $6,802 | −$782 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,550 | $1,318 | −$232 |
| Take-home pay | $6,034 | $5,484 | −$550 |
| Rent | $1,392 | $877 | −$515 |
| Getting around | $559 | $567 | +$8 |
| Groceries | $388 | $361 | −$27 |
| Healthcare | $437 | $406 | −$31 |
| Utilities | $243 | $226 | −$17 |
| Everything else | $340 | $316 | −$24 |
| Left over | $2,676 | $2,730 | +$54 |
Salary to match Nashville
$80,500
Gross pay in Texarkana that leaves the same amount as $91,000 in Nashville.
Tax difference
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
More about Texarkana
Nashville, TN in full
No income tax and a real music and healthcare economy; traffic is the tax.
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.
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Texarkana → Nashville →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Texarkana than Nashville?
For one adult in a one-bedroom, Texarkana leaves about $54 more a month. A one-bedroom is about $1,392 in Nashville and $877 in Texarkana.
Does Texarkana have state income tax?
Texarkana is in Texas, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from Nashville to Texarkana?
The paycheck is taxed in Texas. Rent stays at the same bedroom count. What you keep is the difference.
Left over each month is take-home pay minus rent and the rest of the bills. The gap between Nashville and Texarkana changes with the job, remote or local pay, and bedrooms. How we figure this · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.
Estimate, not a quote. How we figure this.