Metro Life Score
Texarkana, TX-AR
Top-10% composite Life Score — grade A, 91st percentile of the national corpus.
- 61.9
- Life Score / 100
- A
- Grade (curved)
- #33
- of 387 metros
- 91%
- composite percentile
Data updated August 2026
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The verdict
Texarkana is top-10% composite Life Score — #33 of 387 (61.9/100, grade A, 91st percentile). Carried by cost of living at 99/100; held back most by wages at 8/100.
- 91st
- composite percentile
- #33
- of 387 peers
- 99th
- cost dimension percentile
- 8th
- wages dimension percentile
Life Score shape · TOP · COST-LED · signature cost
Texarkana: affordability leads the Life Score story
Texarkana is a TOP-band metro whose cost dimension sits at the 99th percentile of 387 US metros (FLOOR) while composite is #33 (61.9/100, grade A). Cost of Living at 99/100 carries the upside; Wages at 8/100 is the residual drag. According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Texarkana, TX-AR ranks #33 of 387 metros by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #4 of 387 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.
BEA RPP 84.0 (rent-RPP 49.9). BLS median salary $56,886, 50,920 jobs (Fast Food and Counter Workers, Registered Nurses, Retail Salespersons). HUD 2BR FMR $880/mo (studio $666).
FBI UCR (TX): 395 violent, 2058 property/100K. NCES: 14.7:1 ratio, 11.4% charter. DOL infant childcare $7,566/yr. EPA: 70 Superfund sites (TX).
Where Texarkana sits among all US metros
Composite Life Score vs the national field
62 Top 9% higher than 91% of 387 US metros
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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data · August 2026
Dimension detail
How Texarkana scores, dimension by dimension
Score Breakdown
Dimension Scores
Key Data Points
Geography used: crime, schools, childcare, and environment cards above are TX state-level when metro-specific feeds are unavailable, see the scope key at the top of this page.
Compare Texarkana With...
Ranking Context
Texarkana outranks 91% of U.S. metros.
| Rank | Metro | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| #30 | Iowa City, IA | 62.0 | A |
| #31 | Dalton, GA | 62.0 | A |
| #32 | Hammond, LA | 62.1 | A |
| #33 | Texarkana, TX-AR | 61.9 | A |
| #34 | Omaha, NE-IA | 61.9 | A |
| #35 | Toledo, OH | 61.8 | A |
| #36 | Jacksonville, FL | 61.7 | A |
TX Metro Scores
Read with Texarkana
Nearest composite peers and cost poles for Texarkana (TOP · COST-LED · FLOOR/LOW), replacing the fixed Explore/Guides strip.
Omaha, NE-IA
ABS(composite) peer at 61.9 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade A vs this page's TOP · COST-LED · FLOOR/LOW.
Dalton, GA
ABS(composite) peer at 62.0 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade A vs this page's TOP · COST-LED · FLOOR/LOW.
Iowa City, IA
ABS(composite) peer at 62.0 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade A vs this page's TOP · COST-LED · FLOOR/LOW.
Toledo, OH
ABS(composite) peer at 61.8 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade A vs this page's TOP · COST-LED · FLOOR/LOW.
Dothan, AL (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 99/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp FLOOR vs this metro's FLOOR.
Enid, OK * (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 99/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp FLOOR vs this metro's FLOOR.
Texarkana, TX-AR relocation guide
Stamp-branched guide for TOP · COST-LED · FLOOR/LOW - how to read federal Life Score inputs before a move.