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Ranked for Affordable Living

Best Places to Live in Texas for Affordable Living

Low cost of living, rent, home prices, and total tax burden Ranked by how well each place fits the Affordable Living profile across cost, schools, climate, and safety — see how we score.

Top 25 places

  1. #1Wichita FallsPopulation 102,482 · mixed overall livability80% match
  2. #2Del RioPopulation 34,722 · solid overall livability80% match
  3. #3El PasoPopulation 677,181 · solid overall livability69% match
  4. #4BrownsvillePopulation 186,999 · mixed overall livability69% match
  5. #5McAllenPopulation 142,722 · solid overall livability69% match
  6. #6BeaumontPopulation 114,573 · mixed overall livability69% match
  7. #7EdinburgPopulation 100,964 · mixed overall livability69% match
  8. #8MissionPopulation 85,755 · solid overall livability69% match
  9. #9PharrPopulation 79,434 · solid overall livability69% match
  10. #10HarlingenPopulation 71,497 · solid overall livability69% match
  11. #11Port ArthurPopulation 55,897 · solid overall livability69% match
  12. #12WeslacoPopulation 40,858 · mixed overall livability69% match
  13. #13Copperas CovePopulation 36,436 · mixed overall livability69% match
  14. #14TexarkanaPopulation 36,156 · mixed overall livability69% match
  15. #15San JuanPopulation 35,463 · solid overall livability69% match
  16. #16SocorroPopulation 35,429 · solid overall livability69% match
  17. #17LufkinPopulation 34,165 · solid overall livability69% match
  18. #18Big SpringPopulation 25,949 · mixed overall livability69% match
  19. #19KingsvillePopulation 25,265 · mixed overall livability69% match
  20. #20CorsicanaPopulation 25,107 · solid overall livability69% match
  21. #21Eagle PassPopulation 28,166 · solid overall livability66% match
  22. #22AmarilloPopulation 200,360 · solid overall livability57% match
  23. #23San AngeloPopulation 99,422 · mixed overall livability57% match
  24. #24LongviewPopulation 82,176 · mixed overall livability57% match
  25. #25Fort HoodPopulation 25,476 · solid overall livability50% match

Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.

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