Arlington vs El Paso - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	El Paso
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$1813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$4267
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$980
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$1800
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$92
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$3350
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	35
😀 Quality of life	73	79
🏙️ Population	394K	679K

The cost of living in Arlington is 4% more expensive than in El Paso. Cities ranked 2153rd and 2363rd ($1883 vs $1813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th and 1931st in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.8 months in El Paso. Ranked 396th vs 179th best cities to live in the United States, and 1499th vs 633rd 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	$15	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$69.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$4.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$5.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$2.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$921
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$759
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$1644
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$1529
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$76.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$1815
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$1759
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$1.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$47.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$3.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$6.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$5.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$3.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$3.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$27.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$63.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$36.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$578
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$6903

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353