same $100k income, fresh start from Little Rock
changea dispatch from
corpus christi
TX
27.80°N
97.40°W
Corpus Christi is the Texas Gulf coast city where Selena grew up (the memorial on the bayfront is moving). The USS Lexington aircraft carrier is permanently parked downtown as a museum. The beaches at Padre Island National Seashore are some of the longest undeveloped stretches of barrier island in the country. Sun-soaked, breezy, and salt-aired in equal measure.
in our guides
the verdict
cheaper each month than Little Rock
Corpus Christi and Little Rock land close on cost. The reasons to move are about how you'd live, not what you'd save.
a quick ledger.
$1,410/mo
17% more expensive than Little Rock(vs $1,209/mo)
0%
$367/mo less in state tax than Little Rock
vs 4.4% in Little Rock
$6,923/mo
$165 more than Little Rock
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$221k
3% cheaper than Little Rock
vs $228k in Little Rock
446k
vs 765k in Little Rock
field notes, weather & such.
171
pleasant days a year, in corpus christi.
Little Rock only manages 163 of those. Summer is real but not punishing: 55 days top 95° vs Little Rock's 29.
31% more happening than in Little Rock.
50/100
7% lower than Little Rock
vs 54/100 in Little Rock
Closest outdoor draw: Mustang Island State Park, 15.3 mi.
70/100
43% higher than Little Rock
vs 49/100 in Little Rock
4
76% fewer than Little Rock
vs 17 nonstops in Little Rock
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