Moving from Fort Smith to Little Rock
Fort Smith to Little Rock: $362 more leftover
$2,760/mo leftover in Little Rock vs $2,398 in Fort Smith after tax and rent ($362 more). +$4,344 a year — not a moving-company quote.
Fort Smith leftover
$2,398
a month after tax and rent
Little Rock leftover
$2,760
+$362 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, 143 households moved Fort Smith → Little Rock (about 227 people, average AGI $38,986). 128 households went the other way.
Source: IRS SOI county-to-county migration. Not a moving company; not a recommendation.
| Per month | Fort Smith | Little Rock |
|---|---|---|
| Take-home | $5,036 | $5,501 |
| Rent | $776 | $906 |
| All other costs | $1,862 | $1,835 |
| Left over | $2,398 | $2,760 |
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 Little Rock 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 150 road miles, 1 bedroom. Typical ranges, not quotes.
- Full-service mover
- $1,700–$3,150
- Container or pod
- $1,150–$2,150
- Rent a truck
- $450–$800
Dig into Little Rock
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 Little Rock than Fort Smith?
A one-bedroom is about $776 in Fort Smith versus $906 in Little Rock. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $362 a month higher in Little Rock. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Little Rock have state income tax?
Little Rock is in Arkansas, which taxes wage income.
Did people actually move from Fort Smith to Little Rock?
When IRS county-to-county data covers this pair, the page lists how many households made the Fort Smith → Little Rock move and their average AGI. Leftover after tax and rent is shown for the same household on both sides.