Arlington vs El Paso - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	El Paso
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$1828
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$4149
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$1019
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$1739
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$595
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$92.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$3236
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	34
😀 Quality of life	78	85
🏙️ Population	394K	679K

The cost of living in Arlington is 4% more expensive than in El Paso. Cities ranked 2397th and 2753rd ($1907 vs $1828) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 1911th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.8 months in El Paso. Ranked 264th vs 154th best cities to live in the United States, and 894th vs 472nd 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	$22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$70.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$6.03
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$6.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$2.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$1025
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$817
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$1758
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$1466
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$97.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$152
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$62.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	6.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$1787
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$1767
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$12.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$3.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$3.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$3.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$8.18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$6.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$21.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$63.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$18.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$6914

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1002
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1876
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1641
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1734
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$896
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1855
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1928
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1924
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$1008
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$2026
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$1055
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$2040
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2231
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$953
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$2045
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1930
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2110
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2059
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1724
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$776
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2050
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2005
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2216
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2089
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2190
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2220
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1934
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$2140
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2444
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2490
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2366
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$3022
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$2023
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$1087
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2418
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2381
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2396
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2384