Beaumont vs Flint
Metro-area medians — Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area vs Flint, MI Metro Area — not the cities proper.
Beaumont comes out ahead, winning 7 of the 10 clearly-decided measures.
Beaumont is both cheaper to live in (about 3% less) and higher-earning (about 3% more) than Flint. Adjusted for local prices, a typical paycheck stretches further in Beaumont.
Their widest everyday difference: Flint has cleaner air on a typical day — a median AQI of 42 versus 54.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you, Beaumont leaves you about $5,613/yr better off after tax and local prices.
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.
Choose Beaumont for
- + Livability (CityLedger)
- + Cost of living (price level, US = 100)
- + Cost-adjusted income (pay's real value)
- + Median household income
- + Median home value
- + Unemployment
- + Average commute
Choose Flint for
- + Median rent
- + Bachelor's degree or higher
- + Air quality (median AQI)
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Beaumont vs Flint — frequently asked
- Is Beaumont cheaper than Flint?
- Beaumont is cheaper: its overall cost of living runs about 3% below Flint's (BEA Regional Price Parities).
- Which has higher household income, Beaumont or Flint?
- Beaumont has the higher median household income — $65,775 versus $63,594 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS), about 3% more.
- Does a paycheck go further in Beaumont or Flint?
- A paycheck stretches further in Beaumont. Adjusted for local prices, the median income is worth $73,046 there versus $68,356 in Flint.
- Which has cheaper rent, Beaumont or Flint?
- Flint has cheaper rent — a median of $1,058/mo versus $1,134/mo (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS).