Moving from Little Rock to Fort Smith
Little Rock to Fort Smith: $364 less leftover
$2,402/mo leftover in Fort Smith vs $2,766 in Little Rock after tax and rent ($364 less). −$4,368 a year — not a moving-company quote.
Little Rock leftover
$2,766
a month after tax and rent
Fort Smith leftover
$2,402
−$364 vs Little Rock
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, 128 households moved Little Rock → Fort Smith (about 220 people, average AGI $54,906). 143 households went the other way.
Source: IRS SOI county-to-county migration. Not a moving company; not a recommendation.
| Per month | Little Rock | Fort Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Take-home | $5,507 | $5,040 |
| Rent | $906 | $776 |
| All other costs | $1,835 | $1,862 |
| Left over | $2,766 | $2,402 |
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 Fort Smith 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 Fort Smith
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 Fort Smith than Little Rock?
A one-bedroom is about $906 in Little Rock versus $776 in Fort Smith. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $364 a month lower in Fort Smith. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Fort Smith have state income tax?
Fort Smith is in Arkansas, which taxes wage income.
Did people actually move from Little Rock to Fort Smith?
When IRS county-to-county data covers this pair, the page lists how many households made the Little Rock → Fort Smith move and their average AGI. Leftover after tax and rent is shown for the same household on both sides.