Victoria vs Houston leftover
You'd keep $506 more a month in Houston
$3,158/mo leftover in Houston vs $2,652 in Victoria after tax and rent ($506 more). +$6,072 a year for the same registered nurse, the same household size, and the same number of bedrooms. Not a cost-of-living index.
Victoria leftover
$2,652
a month after tax and rent
Houston leftover
$3,158
+$506 vs Victoria
Compare Victoria to another metro
Same paycheck. Try a different city next to Victoria.
Monthly gap
Victoria → Houston
$506
more / month in Houston
$3,158 in Houston · $2,652 in Victoria · 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, 291 households moved Victoria → Houston (avg AGI $66,509). 230 went the other way. The whole move →
+$506 / mo
| Per month | Victoria | Houston | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross pay | $6,833 | $7,957 | +$1,123 |
| Income and payroll tax | $1,327 | $1,660 | +$333 |
| Take-home pay | $5,506 | $6,296 | +$790 |
| Rent | $972 | $1,188 | +$216 |
| Getting around | $567 | $572 | +$5 |
| Groceries | $363 | $380 | +$17 |
| Healthcare | $408 | $428 | +$20 |
| Utilities | $227 | $238 | +$11 |
| Everything else | $317 | $333 | +$16 |
| Left over | $2,652 | $3,158 | +$506 |
To break even in Houston, you'd need to earn
$87,000
Household gross, versus $82,000 today. That's the salary that leaves you exactly as much at the end of the month as Victoria does now.
The tax difference alone
$0
A year, in state and local income tax. Texas has no wage income tax.
More about Houston
Victoria, TX in full
No state income tax, a median 2-bedroom asking rent of $1,157 and 225 sunny days; commutes average 23 minutes.
Houston, TX in full
The cheapest housing of any top-10 metro, paid for in property tax and humidity.
The reverse move
Same two cities, but starting from Houston on Houston wages.
Houston → Victoria →Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Houston than Victoria?
A one-bedroom is about $972 in Victoria versus $1,188 in Houston. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $506 a month higher in Houston. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Houston have state income tax?
Houston is in Texas, which has no state income tax.
What changes if you move from Victoria to Houston?
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 Victoria and Houston 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.