Texas tops list for cheapest fast food in America. These 3 cities made the top 10

Hannah Ortega, Austin American-Statesman
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Three Texas cities are among the cheapest places in the U.S. to buy takeout, making Texas the state with the best takeout price premium.

Dallas, Houston and Austin all offer bang-for-your-buck takeout prices, according to a report from NetCredit, with price premiums at -11.20%, -11.12% and - 9.83%, respectively. That puts Dallas as the fourth least expensive takeout city, with Houston at number five and Austin at number seven.

No Texas cities made the top 10 for most expensive takeout cities, as Texas pays "-9.58% less than the calculated national average for takeout," NetCredit said.

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In order to find these numbers, NetCredit first looked to GrubHub for "the cost of popular menu items from McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, Subway, Burger King, KFC, Popeyes and Taco Bell in the biggest cities in each state."

Then, "NetCredit calculated the average national price for takeout from these restaurants and the price premium above or below the national average that a local in each state needs to pay for takeout food overall and for each franchise."

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Here are the top 10 lists of least expensive and most expensive state price premiums for takeout:

Top 10 states with the least expensive fast food prices

  1. Hattiesburg, MS

  2. Wheeling, WV

  3. Parkersburg, WV

  4. Dallas, TX

  5. Houston, TX

  6. Smyrna, DE

  7. Austin, TX

  8. Morgantown, WV

  9. Nashville, TN

  10. Augusta, GA

Top 10 states with the most expensive fast food prices

  1. Anchorage, AK

  2. Honolulu, HI

  3. Fairbanks, AK

  4. Los Angeles, CA

  5. Edmond, OK

  6. Bellevue, WA

  7. Tacoma, WA

  8. Seattle, WA

  9. New York, NY

  10. San Diego, CA

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Here's a look at Texas price premiums for takeout at different fast-food restaurants:

  • KFC: 12.79% less than national average

  • Subway: 12.18% less than national average

  • McDonald's: 11.60% less than national average

  • Popeyes: 10.17% less than national average

  • Pizza Hut: 9.995 less than national average

  • Burger King: 5.74% less than national average

  • Taco Bell: 1.43% less than national average

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Where is the cheapest fast food in America? Texas tops the list