Texarkana, TX
Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Texarkana ranks 266th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 284th for income. A household earns $58,000 a year while median rent runs $939/mo, making it expensive relative to what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 16% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is cost of living (3rd of 300), while education is the soft spot (286th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 24th and home prices 21st among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you in Texarkana, your take-home is worth about $72,982 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 284th of 300↑12.5%$58,000
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 3rd of 30084 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $69,038
- Per-capita income
- $30,216
- Full-time pay
- $36,429
Housing
- Median rent
- 24th of 300↑21.8%$939/mo
- Home value
- 21st of 300↑59.2%$186,600
- Property tax
- $1,265/yr · 0.7%
- Sales tax
- 8.20%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 255th of 3005.8%
- Bachelor's+
- 286th of 30020.9%
- Avg commute
- 13th of 30019.4 min
People
- Population
- 146,210
- Population change
- -2.1%
- Median age
- 40.4 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 3.6%
- Broadband
- 90.1%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 185th of 30049
- Natural-hazard loss
- 178th of 300$14/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 272nd of 30023.9%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 13.6%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Cost of living
- + Rent
- + Home prices
- + Commute
Watch-outs
- – Affordability
- – Household income
- – Job market
- – Education
- – Health
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — texarkana webb fld.
What jobs pay in Texarkana
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Pharmacists
- $132,530
- IT managers
- $128,650
- Financial managers
- $121,770
- Lawyers
- $118,410
- Software developers
- $116,490
- Civil engineers
- $80,780
- Registered nurses
- $80,610
- General & operations managers
- $77,060
- Accountants & auditors
- $69,440
- Secondary school teachers
- $59,770
- Electricians
- $58,140
- Police officers
- $57,180
- Elementary school teachers
- $50,270
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $49,050
- Plumbers
- $48,480
- Carpenters
- $42,650
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $40,030
- Construction laborers
- $36,360
- Customer service reps
- $36,090
- Janitors
- $32,010
- Retail salespersons
- $28,700
- Cashiers
- $26,850
- Waiters & waitresses
- $23,330
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Texarkana metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Texas are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Louisiana281
- Florida281
- Pennsylvania231
- Oklahoma163
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Texarkana metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Texarkana metro?
- Median gross rent across the Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area is $939 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Texarkana.
- What is the median household income in the Texarkana metro?
- A typical household in the Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area earns $58,000 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Texarkana expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area runs about 16% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Texarkana metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $69,038 (versus its face value of $58,000). CityLedger rates the Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area expensive for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Texarkana metro?
- The median home value across the Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area is $186,600 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Texarkana metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Texarkana, TX-AR Metro Area is 5.8% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).