Arlington vs El Paso - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Arlington	El Paso
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1807	$1613
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4757	$3896
🏠 One person rent	$1010	$871
🏘️ Family rent	$1967	$1588
🍽️ Food expenses	$539	$533
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$92.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4550	$3848
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	35
😀 Quality of life	75	67
🏙️ Population	394K	679K

The cost of living in Arlington is 12% more expensive than in El Paso. Cities ranked 2320th and 3024th ($1807 vs $1613) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1872nd and 2082nd in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.5 months in Arlington compared to 2.4 months in El Paso. Ranked 235th vs 1464th best cities to live in the United States, and 1022nd vs 4017th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs El Paso

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	Arlington	El Paso
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59	$54.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.38	$9.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.44	$3.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.99	$4.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.32	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1009	$796
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$790	$648
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1340	$1375
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1821	$1310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$204
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$61.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2184	$1743
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2175	$1709
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.49	$1.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.1	$44.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$13.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.87	$3.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$3.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$3.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$8.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$7.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$4.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$3.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$8.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$2.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.64	$7.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.13	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.17	$5.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.91	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.1	$34.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$63.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.5	$35.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.2	$69.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1593	$729
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21722	$11022

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2043
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2338
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2059
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2039
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2021
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2084
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2107
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1987
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2053
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2173
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2162
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2176
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2139
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$1872
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2236
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2017
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2306
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2108
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$1992
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2497
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2099
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2155
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2206
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2267
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$1982
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2157
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$1804
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2199
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2149
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2223
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2323
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2235
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2242
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2111
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2301
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2516
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2200
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2384

Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1126
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1696
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1567
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1692
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$932
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1792
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1818
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$881
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1798
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$1010
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1777
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$2227
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$935
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$2165
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2213
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$924
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1691
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$2042
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2043
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2076
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$874
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2096
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2078
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$1833
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2105
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2066
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2013
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1710
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1927
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2324
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2340
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2341
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2368
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1860
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$914
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2312
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2392
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2427
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353