Rent Affordability for A Police Officer in Texas

A typical police officer in Texas earns about $76,497 a year, which supports approximately $1,912 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. 157 of 200 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 43 are rent-burdened on this salary.

CityMedian rent% of incomeAffordability
Clute, TX$816/mo12.8%very comfortable
Stephenville, TX$899/mo14.1%very comfortable
Edinburg, TX$1,014/mo15.9%very comfortable
Alton, TX$1,047/mo16.4%very comfortable
Weslaco, TX$1,085/mo17%very comfortable
Nacogdoches, TX$1,110/mo17.4%very comfortable
Harlingen, TX$1,124/mo17.6%very comfortable
Gatesville, TX$1,122/mo17.6%very comfortable
Universal City, TX$1,137/mo17.8%very comfortable
Pharr, TX$1,144/mo17.9%very comfortable
Orange, TX$1,149/mo18%very comfortable
Longview, TX$1,177/mo18.5%very comfortable
Live Oak, TX$1,178/mo18.5%very comfortable
Mineral Wells, TX$1,187/mo18.6%very comfortable
Victoria, TX$1,189/mo18.7%very comfortable
Eagle Pass, TX$1,206/mo18.9%very comfortable
Paris, TX$1,204/mo18.9%very comfortable
Athens, TX$1,221/mo19.2%very comfortable
Copperas Cove, TX$1,231/mo19.3%very comfortable
Big Spring, TX$1,233/mo19.3%very comfortable
Killeen, TX$1,258/mo19.7%very comfortable
Marshall, TX$1,259/mo19.7%very comfortable
Port Arthur, TX$1,270/mo19.9%very comfortable
Kilgore, TX$1,271/mo19.9%very comfortable
Amarillo, TX$1,277/mo20%affordable
McAllen, TX$1,276/mo20%affordable
Freeport, TX$1,275/mo20%affordable
Corsicana, TX$1,284/mo20.1%affordable
Beaumont, TX$1,285/mo20.2%affordable
Sherman, TX$1,291/mo20.3%affordable
Selma, TX$1,297/mo20.3%affordable
Laredo, TX$1,305/mo20.5%affordable
Wichita Falls, TX$1,318/mo20.7%affordable
Ingleside, TX$1,318/mo20.7%affordable
Rockport, TX$1,325/mo20.8%affordable
San Angelo, TX$1,332/mo20.9%affordable
Texarkana, TX$1,347/mo21.1%affordable
Huntsville, TX$1,351/mo21.2%affordable
Lufkin, TX$1,351/mo21.2%affordable
Webster, TX$1,354/mo21.2%affordable
Tyler, TX$1,361/mo21.3%affordable
Palestine, TX$1,357/mo21.3%affordable
Mission, TX$1,366/mo21.4%affordable
Galveston, TX$1,366/mo21.4%affordable
Waco, TX$1,373/mo21.5%affordable
Canyon, TX$1,369/mo21.5%affordable
Lubbock, TX$1,380/mo21.6%affordable
Bedford, TX$1,379/mo21.6%affordable
Haltom City, TX$1,378/mo21.6%affordable
Benbrook, TX$1,379/mo21.6%affordable
Texas City, TX$1,386/mo21.7%affordable
San Antonio, TX$1,390/mo21.8%affordable
Del Rio, TX$1,395/mo21.9%affordable
Temple, TX$1,400/mo22%affordable
San Marcos, TX$1,404/mo22%affordable
Nederland, TX$1,401/mo22%affordable
Pasadena, TX$1,407/mo22.1%affordable
Cleburne, TX$1,411/mo22.1%affordable
College Station, TX$1,416/mo22.2%affordable
Corpus Christi, TX$1,428/mo22.4%affordable
Denison, TX$1,439/mo22.6%affordable
Bryan, TX$1,451/mo22.8%affordable
Hurst, TX$1,458/mo22.9%affordable
Lake Jackson, TX$1,466/mo23%affordable
Kingsville, TX$1,474/mo23.1%affordable
Bonham, TX$1,492/mo23.4%affordable
Boerne, TX$1,501/mo23.5%affordable
Seguin, TX$1,506/mo23.6%affordable
Greenville, TX$1,504/mo23.6%affordable
Garland, TX$1,512/mo23.7%affordable
Duncanville, TX$1,514/mo23.7%affordable
Weatherford, TX$1,514/mo23.7%affordable
Arlington, TX$1,525/mo23.9%affordable
El Paso, TX$1,529/mo24%affordable
Denton, TX$1,533/mo24%affordable
North Richland Hills, TX$1,545/mo24.2%affordable
White Settlement, TX$1,550/mo24.3%affordable
Odessa, TX$1,554/mo24.4%affordable
Houston, TX$1,561/mo24.5%affordable
Rowlett, TX$1,561/mo24.5%affordable
Pecan Grove, TX$1,561/mo24.5%affordable
Brownsville, TX$1,568/mo24.6%affordable
Lewisville, TX$1,569/mo24.6%affordable
New Braunfels, TX$1,566/mo24.6%affordable
Baytown, TX$1,569/mo24.6%affordable
Kyle, TX$1,566/mo24.6%affordable
Brenham, TX$1,570/mo24.6%affordable
Conroe, TX$1,579/mo24.8%affordable
Dickinson, TX$1,583/mo24.8%affordable
Stafford, TX$1,578/mo24.8%affordable
Roanoke, TX$1,582/mo24.8%affordable
Euless, TX$1,587/mo24.9%affordable
Harker Heights, TX$1,590/mo24.9%affordable
Addison, TX$1,587/mo24.9%affordable
Humble, TX$1,594/mo25%affordable
Alvin, TX$1,603/mo25.1%affordable
Angleton, TX$1,603/mo25.1%affordable
Dallas, TX$1,605/mo25.2%affordable
Austin, TX$1,610/mo25.3%affordable
Irving, TX$1,611/mo25.3%affordable
Grand Prairie, TX$1,619/mo25.4%affordable
Ennis, TX$1,622/mo25.4%affordable
Portland, TX$1,616/mo25.4%affordable
Fort Worth, TX$1,625/mo25.5%affordable
Hewitt, TX$1,625/mo25.5%affordable
Midland, TX$1,636/mo25.7%affordable
Farmers Branch, TX$1,648/mo25.9%affordable
Carrollton, TX$1,656/mo26%affordable
Richardson, TX$1,657/mo26%affordable
Georgetown, TX$1,657/mo26%affordable
La Porte, TX$1,659/mo26%affordable
Fairview, TX$1,656/mo26%affordable
Pflugerville, TX$1,667/mo26.2%affordable
Manor, TX$1,672/mo26.2%affordable
Buda, TX$1,683/mo26.4%affordable
Sachse, TX$1,691/mo26.5%affordable
Deer Park, TX$1,695/mo26.6%affordable
Allen, TX$1,703/mo26.7%affordable
Cibolo, TX$1,702/mo26.7%affordable
Granbury, TX$1,703/mo26.7%affordable
Balch Springs, TX$1,715/mo26.9%affordable
Belton, TX$1,713/mo26.9%affordable
Terrell, TX$1,713/mo26.9%affordable
Plano, TX$1,722/mo27%affordable
Waxahachie, TX$1,723/mo27%affordable
Converse, TX$1,722/mo27%affordable
Lumberton, TX$1,723/mo27%affordable
Cedar Park, TX$1,728/mo27.1%affordable
Lockhart, TX$1,729/mo27.1%affordable
Round Rock, TX$1,734/mo27.2%affordable
Mansfield, TX$1,736/mo27.2%affordable
Canyon Lake, TX$1,733/mo27.2%affordable
Horizon City, TX$1,737/mo27.2%affordable
Channelview, TX$1,738/mo27.3%affordable
Azle, TX$1,739/mo27.3%affordable
Rockwall, TX$1,747/mo27.4%affordable
Hutto, TX$1,748/mo27.4%affordable
Tomball, TX$1,764/mo27.7%affordable
Grapevine, TX$1,770/mo27.8%affordable
Spring, TX$1,780/mo27.9%affordable
Burleson, TX$1,780/mo27.9%affordable
McKinney, TX$1,806/mo28.3%affordable
Atascocita, TX$1,804/mo28.3%affordable
Cedar Hill, TX$1,806/mo28.3%affordable
League City, TX$1,811/mo28.4%affordable
Corinth, TX$1,819/mo28.5%affordable
Elgin, TX$1,821/mo28.6%affordable
Richmond, TX$1,833/mo28.8%affordable
Bastrop, TX$1,837/mo28.8%affordable
Seabrook, TX$1,843/mo28.9%affordable
Frisco, TX$1,852/mo29.1%affordable
Pearland, TX$1,872/mo29.4%affordable
Wylie, TX$1,879/mo29.5%affordable
Anna, TX$1,883/mo29.5%affordable
Forest Hill, TX$1,886/mo29.6%affordable
Robinson, TX$1,891/mo29.7%affordable
The Colony, TX$1,897/mo29.8%affordable
Rosenberg, TX$1,919/mo30.1%stretched
Kerrville, TX$1,918/mo30.1%stretched
Leander, TX$1,922/mo30.2%stretched
Schertz, TX$1,942/mo30.5%stretched
Saginaw, TX$1,953/mo30.6%stretched
Melissa, TX$1,949/mo30.6%stretched
Princeton, TX$1,955/mo30.7%stretched
Forney, TX$1,968/mo30.9%stretched
La Marque, TX$1,968/mo30.9%stretched
Katy, TX$1,999/mo31.4%stretched
Desoto, TX$2,010/mo31.5%stretched
Celina, TX$2,006/mo31.5%stretched
Abilene, TX$2,017/mo31.6%stretched
Crowley, TX$2,012/mo31.6%stretched
Prosper, TX$2,021/mo31.7%stretched
Fate, TX$2,020/mo31.7%stretched
Red Oak, TX$2,018/mo31.7%stretched
Coppell, TX$2,032/mo31.9%stretched
Watauga, TX$2,039/mo32%stretched
Midlothian, TX$2,052/mo32.2%stretched
Keller, TX$2,058/mo32.3%stretched
Manvel, TX$2,061/mo32.3%stretched
Sugar Land, TX$2,068/mo32.4%stretched
Cinco Ranch, TX$2,092/mo32.8%stretched
Lago Vista, TX$2,122/mo33.3%stretched
Missouri City, TX$2,132/mo33.4%stretched
Fredericksburg, TX$2,127/mo33.4%stretched
Seagoville, TX$2,136/mo33.5%stretched
Fresno, TX$2,142/mo33.6%stretched
Fulshear, TX$2,159/mo33.9%stretched
Royse City, TX$2,212/mo34.7%stretched
Taylor, TX$2,218/mo34.8%stretched
Lancaster, TX$2,251/mo35.3%stretched
Little Elm, TX$2,294/mo36%stretched
Friendswood, TX$2,324/mo36.5%stretched
Glenn Heights, TX$2,334/mo36.6%stretched
Trophy Club, TX$2,384/mo37.4%stretched
Flower Mound, TX$2,431/mo38.1%stretched
Iowa Colony, TX$2,455/mo38.5%stretched
Highland Village, TX$2,583/mo40.5%rent-burdened
Lakeway, TX$2,680/mo42%rent-burdened
Bellaire, TX$2,836/mo44.5%rent-burdened
University Park, TX$5,161/mo81%severely rent-burdened
Methodology: Salary is the BLS-derived state estimate for Texas. Rent is the latest ZORI monthly value for each city. Affordability uses the 30% rule (rent ≤ 30% of gross income).