Moving from Fort Smith to Fayetteville
Fort Smith to Fayetteville: $18 less leftover
$2,380/mo leftover in Fayetteville vs $2,398 in Fort Smith after tax and rent ($18 less). −$216 a year — not a moving-company quote.
Fort Smith leftover
$2,398
a month after tax and rent
Fayetteville leftover
$2,380
−$18 vs Fort Smith
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
Leftover is not a cost-of-living index. Leftover vs a COL index
Who already made this move
In 2022-2023, 556 households moved Fort Smith → Fayetteville (about 933 people, average AGI $73,826). 423 households went the other way.
Source: IRS SOI county-to-county migration. Not a moving company; not a recommendation.
| Per month | Fort Smith | Fayetteville |
|---|---|---|
| Take-home | $5,036 | $5,372 |
| Rent | $776 | $1,145 |
| All other costs | $1,862 | $1,847 |
| Left over | $2,398 | $2,380 |
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 Fort Smith and Fayetteville 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.
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What the move itself costs
About 62 road miles, 1 bedroom. Typical ranges, not quotes.
- Full-service mover
- $1,600–$2,950
- Container or pod
- $1,050–$2,000
- Rent a truck
- $350–$700
Other moves from Fort Smith
Dig into Fayetteville
Paycheck
Take-home pay after tax and rent, and what's left at the end of the month.
Who moved
Which metros people actually left and arrived from, according to IRS tax returns.
Rent vs buy
Asking rent, the median home, property tax, and months to a down payment.
Monthly costs
Groceries, getting around, utilities, healthcare and childcare at your household size.
Daily life
Homicide and firearm death rates, heat, cars and commute.
Kids
Public-school enrollment, pupil–teacher ratio, bedrooms and childcare.
Getting there
Typical cost to get here, then leftover after tax and rent — not a moving-company directory.
Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Fayetteville than Fort Smith?
A one-bedroom is about $776 in Fort Smith versus $1,145 in Fayetteville. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $18 a month lower in Fayetteville. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Fayetteville have state income tax?
Fayetteville is in Arkansas, which taxes wage income.
Did people actually move from Fort Smith to Fayetteville?
When IRS county-to-county data covers this pair, the page lists how many households made the Fort Smith → Fayetteville move and their average AGI. Leftover after tax and rent is shown for the same household on both sides.