Rent Affordability for A Chef in Texas
A typical chef in Texas earns about $63,509 a year, which supports approximately $1,588 a month in rent under the 30% rule. Below, every tracked Texas city is ranked by how local rent compares against that affordability ceiling.
As of May 2026. 93 of 200 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 107 are rent-burdened on this salary.
| City↕ | Median rent↕ | % of income↑ | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clute, TX | $816/mo | 15.4% | very comfortable |
| Stephenville, TX | $899/mo | 17% | very comfortable |
| Edinburg, TX | $1,014/mo | 19.2% | very comfortable |
| Alton, TX | $1,047/mo | 19.8% | very comfortable |
| Weslaco, TX | $1,085/mo | 20.5% | affordable |
| Nacogdoches, TX | $1,110/mo | 21% | affordable |
| Harlingen, TX | $1,124/mo | 21.2% | affordable |
| Gatesville, TX | $1,122/mo | 21.2% | affordable |
| Universal City, TX | $1,137/mo | 21.5% | affordable |
| Pharr, TX | $1,144/mo | 21.6% | affordable |
| Orange, TX | $1,149/mo | 21.7% | affordable |
| Longview, TX | $1,177/mo | 22.2% | affordable |
| Live Oak, TX | $1,178/mo | 22.3% | affordable |
| Mineral Wells, TX | $1,187/mo | 22.4% | affordable |
| Victoria, TX | $1,189/mo | 22.5% | affordable |
| Paris, TX | $1,204/mo | 22.7% | affordable |
| Eagle Pass, TX | $1,206/mo | 22.8% | affordable |
| Athens, TX | $1,221/mo | 23.1% | affordable |
| Copperas Cove, TX | $1,231/mo | 23.3% | affordable |
| Big Spring, TX | $1,233/mo | 23.3% | affordable |
| Killeen, TX | $1,258/mo | 23.8% | affordable |
| Marshall, TX | $1,259/mo | 23.8% | affordable |
| Port Arthur, TX | $1,270/mo | 24% | affordable |
| Kilgore, TX | $1,271/mo | 24% | affordable |
| Amarillo, TX | $1,277/mo | 24.1% | affordable |
| McAllen, TX | $1,276/mo | 24.1% | affordable |
| Freeport, TX | $1,275/mo | 24.1% | affordable |
| Beaumont, TX | $1,285/mo | 24.3% | affordable |
| Corsicana, TX | $1,284/mo | 24.3% | affordable |
| Sherman, TX | $1,291/mo | 24.4% | affordable |
| Selma, TX | $1,297/mo | 24.5% | affordable |
| Laredo, TX | $1,305/mo | 24.7% | affordable |
| Wichita Falls, TX | $1,318/mo | 24.9% | affordable |
| Ingleside, TX | $1,318/mo | 24.9% | affordable |
| Rockport, TX | $1,325/mo | 25% | affordable |
| San Angelo, TX | $1,332/mo | 25.2% | affordable |
| Huntsville, TX | $1,351/mo | 25.5% | affordable |
| Texarkana, TX | $1,347/mo | 25.5% | affordable |
| Lufkin, TX | $1,351/mo | 25.5% | affordable |
| Palestine, TX | $1,357/mo | 25.6% | affordable |
| Webster, TX | $1,354/mo | 25.6% | affordable |
| Tyler, TX | $1,361/mo | 25.7% | affordable |
| Mission, TX | $1,366/mo | 25.8% | affordable |
| Galveston, TX | $1,366/mo | 25.8% | affordable |
| Waco, TX | $1,373/mo | 25.9% | affordable |
| Canyon, TX | $1,369/mo | 25.9% | affordable |
| Haltom City, TX | $1,378/mo | 26% | affordable |
| Lubbock, TX | $1,380/mo | 26.1% | affordable |
| Bedford, TX | $1,379/mo | 26.1% | affordable |
| Benbrook, TX | $1,379/mo | 26.1% | affordable |
| Texas City, TX | $1,386/mo | 26.2% | affordable |
| San Antonio, TX | $1,390/mo | 26.3% | affordable |
| Del Rio, TX | $1,395/mo | 26.4% | affordable |
| Temple, TX | $1,400/mo | 26.5% | affordable |
| San Marcos, TX | $1,404/mo | 26.5% | affordable |
| Nederland, TX | $1,401/mo | 26.5% | affordable |
| Pasadena, TX | $1,407/mo | 26.6% | affordable |
| Cleburne, TX | $1,411/mo | 26.7% | affordable |
| College Station, TX | $1,416/mo | 26.8% | affordable |
| Corpus Christi, TX | $1,428/mo | 27% | affordable |
| Denison, TX | $1,439/mo | 27.2% | affordable |
| Bryan, TX | $1,451/mo | 27.4% | affordable |
| Hurst, TX | $1,458/mo | 27.5% | affordable |
| Lake Jackson, TX | $1,466/mo | 27.7% | affordable |
| Kingsville, TX | $1,474/mo | 27.9% | affordable |
| Bonham, TX | $1,492/mo | 28.2% | affordable |
| Greenville, TX | $1,504/mo | 28.4% | affordable |
| Boerne, TX | $1,501/mo | 28.4% | affordable |
| Seguin, TX | $1,506/mo | 28.5% | affordable |
| Garland, TX | $1,512/mo | 28.6% | affordable |
| Duncanville, TX | $1,514/mo | 28.6% | affordable |
| Weatherford, TX | $1,514/mo | 28.6% | affordable |
| Arlington, TX | $1,525/mo | 28.8% | affordable |
| El Paso, TX | $1,529/mo | 28.9% | affordable |
| Denton, TX | $1,533/mo | 29% | affordable |
| North Richland Hills, TX | $1,545/mo | 29.2% | affordable |
| White Settlement, TX | $1,550/mo | 29.3% | affordable |
| Odessa, TX | $1,554/mo | 29.4% | affordable |
| Houston, TX | $1,561/mo | 29.5% | affordable |
| Rowlett, TX | $1,561/mo | 29.5% | affordable |
| Pecan Grove, TX | $1,561/mo | 29.5% | affordable |
| Brownsville, TX | $1,568/mo | 29.6% | affordable |
| Lewisville, TX | $1,569/mo | 29.6% | affordable |
| New Braunfels, TX | $1,566/mo | 29.6% | affordable |
| Baytown, TX | $1,569/mo | 29.6% | affordable |
| Kyle, TX | $1,566/mo | 29.6% | affordable |
| Brenham, TX | $1,570/mo | 29.7% | affordable |
| Conroe, TX | $1,579/mo | 29.8% | affordable |
| Stafford, TX | $1,578/mo | 29.8% | affordable |
| Dickinson, TX | $1,583/mo | 29.9% | affordable |
| Roanoke, TX | $1,582/mo | 29.9% | affordable |
| Euless, TX | $1,587/mo | 30% | affordable |
| Harker Heights, TX | $1,590/mo | 30% | stretched |
| Addison, TX | $1,587/mo | 30% | affordable |
| Humble, TX | $1,594/mo | 30.1% | stretched |
| Dallas, TX | $1,605/mo | 30.3% | stretched |
| Alvin, TX | $1,603/mo | 30.3% | stretched |
| Angleton, TX | $1,603/mo | 30.3% | stretched |
| Austin, TX | $1,610/mo | 30.4% | stretched |
| Irving, TX | $1,611/mo | 30.4% | stretched |
| Portland, TX | $1,616/mo | 30.5% | stretched |
| Grand Prairie, TX | $1,619/mo | 30.6% | stretched |
| Ennis, TX | $1,622/mo | 30.6% | stretched |
| Fort Worth, TX | $1,625/mo | 30.7% | stretched |
| Hewitt, TX | $1,625/mo | 30.7% | stretched |
| Midland, TX | $1,636/mo | 30.9% | stretched |
| Farmers Branch, TX | $1,648/mo | 31.1% | stretched |
| Carrollton, TX | $1,656/mo | 31.3% | stretched |
| Richardson, TX | $1,657/mo | 31.3% | stretched |
| Georgetown, TX | $1,657/mo | 31.3% | stretched |
| La Porte, TX | $1,659/mo | 31.3% | stretched |
| Fairview, TX | $1,656/mo | 31.3% | stretched |
| Pflugerville, TX | $1,667/mo | 31.5% | stretched |
| Manor, TX | $1,672/mo | 31.6% | stretched |
| Buda, TX | $1,683/mo | 31.8% | stretched |
| Deer Park, TX | $1,695/mo | 32% | stretched |
| Sachse, TX | $1,691/mo | 32% | stretched |
| Allen, TX | $1,703/mo | 32.2% | stretched |
| Cibolo, TX | $1,702/mo | 32.2% | stretched |
| Granbury, TX | $1,703/mo | 32.2% | stretched |
| Balch Springs, TX | $1,715/mo | 32.4% | stretched |
| Belton, TX | $1,713/mo | 32.4% | stretched |
| Terrell, TX | $1,713/mo | 32.4% | stretched |
| Plano, TX | $1,722/mo | 32.5% | stretched |
| Converse, TX | $1,722/mo | 32.5% | stretched |
| Waxahachie, TX | $1,723/mo | 32.6% | stretched |
| Lumberton, TX | $1,723/mo | 32.6% | stretched |
| Cedar Park, TX | $1,728/mo | 32.7% | stretched |
| Canyon Lake, TX | $1,733/mo | 32.7% | stretched |
| Lockhart, TX | $1,729/mo | 32.7% | stretched |
| Round Rock, TX | $1,734/mo | 32.8% | stretched |
| Mansfield, TX | $1,736/mo | 32.8% | stretched |
| Channelview, TX | $1,738/mo | 32.8% | stretched |
| Horizon City, TX | $1,737/mo | 32.8% | stretched |
| Azle, TX | $1,739/mo | 32.9% | stretched |
| Rockwall, TX | $1,747/mo | 33% | stretched |
| Hutto, TX | $1,748/mo | 33% | stretched |
| Tomball, TX | $1,764/mo | 33.3% | stretched |
| Grapevine, TX | $1,770/mo | 33.4% | stretched |
| Spring, TX | $1,780/mo | 33.6% | stretched |
| Burleson, TX | $1,780/mo | 33.6% | stretched |
| McKinney, TX | $1,806/mo | 34.1% | stretched |
| Atascocita, TX | $1,804/mo | 34.1% | stretched |
| Cedar Hill, TX | $1,806/mo | 34.1% | stretched |
| League City, TX | $1,811/mo | 34.2% | stretched |
| Corinth, TX | $1,819/mo | 34.4% | stretched |
| Elgin, TX | $1,821/mo | 34.4% | stretched |
| Richmond, TX | $1,833/mo | 34.6% | stretched |
| Bastrop, TX | $1,837/mo | 34.7% | stretched |
| Seabrook, TX | $1,843/mo | 34.8% | stretched |
| Frisco, TX | $1,852/mo | 35% | stretched |
| Pearland, TX | $1,872/mo | 35.4% | stretched |
| Wylie, TX | $1,879/mo | 35.5% | stretched |
| Anna, TX | $1,883/mo | 35.6% | stretched |
| Forest Hill, TX | $1,886/mo | 35.6% | stretched |
| Robinson, TX | $1,891/mo | 35.7% | stretched |
| The Colony, TX | $1,897/mo | 35.8% | stretched |
| Kerrville, TX | $1,918/mo | 36.2% | stretched |
| Leander, TX | $1,922/mo | 36.3% | stretched |
| Rosenberg, TX | $1,919/mo | 36.3% | stretched |
| Schertz, TX | $1,942/mo | 36.7% | stretched |
| Melissa, TX | $1,949/mo | 36.8% | stretched |
| Princeton, TX | $1,955/mo | 36.9% | stretched |
| Saginaw, TX | $1,953/mo | 36.9% | stretched |
| Forney, TX | $1,968/mo | 37.2% | stretched |
| La Marque, TX | $1,968/mo | 37.2% | stretched |
| Katy, TX | $1,999/mo | 37.8% | stretched |
| Celina, TX | $2,006/mo | 37.9% | stretched |
| Desoto, TX | $2,010/mo | 38% | stretched |
| Crowley, TX | $2,012/mo | 38% | stretched |
| Abilene, TX | $2,017/mo | 38.1% | stretched |
| Red Oak, TX | $2,018/mo | 38.1% | stretched |
| Prosper, TX | $2,021/mo | 38.2% | stretched |
| Fate, TX | $2,020/mo | 38.2% | stretched |
| Coppell, TX | $2,032/mo | 38.4% | stretched |
| Watauga, TX | $2,039/mo | 38.5% | stretched |
| Midlothian, TX | $2,052/mo | 38.8% | stretched |
| Keller, TX | $2,058/mo | 38.9% | stretched |
| Manvel, TX | $2,061/mo | 38.9% | stretched |
| Sugar Land, TX | $2,068/mo | 39.1% | stretched |
| Cinco Ranch, TX | $2,092/mo | 39.5% | stretched |
| Lago Vista, TX | $2,122/mo | 40.1% | rent-burdened |
| Fredericksburg, TX | $2,127/mo | 40.2% | rent-burdened |
| Missouri City, TX | $2,132/mo | 40.3% | rent-burdened |
| Seagoville, TX | $2,136/mo | 40.4% | rent-burdened |
| Fresno, TX | $2,142/mo | 40.5% | rent-burdened |
| Fulshear, TX | $2,159/mo | 40.8% | rent-burdened |
| Royse City, TX | $2,212/mo | 41.8% | rent-burdened |
| Taylor, TX | $2,218/mo | 41.9% | rent-burdened |
| Lancaster, TX | $2,251/mo | 42.5% | rent-burdened |
| Little Elm, TX | $2,294/mo | 43.3% | rent-burdened |
| Friendswood, TX | $2,324/mo | 43.9% | rent-burdened |
| Glenn Heights, TX | $2,334/mo | 44.1% | rent-burdened |
| Trophy Club, TX | $2,384/mo | 45% | rent-burdened |
| Flower Mound, TX | $2,431/mo | 45.9% | rent-burdened |
| Iowa Colony, TX | $2,455/mo | 46.4% | rent-burdened |
| Highland Village, TX | $2,583/mo | 48.8% | rent-burdened |
| Lakeway, TX | $2,680/mo | 50.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Bellaire, TX | $2,836/mo | 53.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| University Park, TX | $5,161/mo | 97.5% | severely rent-burdened |