Rent Affordability for A Waiter or Waitress in Texas
A typical waiter or waitress in Texas earns about $36,165 a year, which supports approximately $904 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. 1 of 200 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 199 are rent-burdened on this salary.
| City↕ | Median rent↕ | % of income↑ | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clute, TX | $825/mo | 27.4% | affordable |
| Stephenville, TX | $1,000/mo | 33.2% | stretched |
| Alton, TX | $1,022/mo | 33.9% | stretched |
| Edinburg, TX | $1,027/mo | 34.1% | stretched |
| Nacogdoches, TX | $1,075/mo | 35.7% | stretched |
| Weslaco, TX | $1,103/mo | 36.6% | stretched |
| Pharr, TX | $1,116/mo | 37% | stretched |
| Gatesville, TX | $1,116/mo | 37% | stretched |
| Laredo, TX | $1,129/mo | 37.5% | stretched |
| Longview, TX | $1,140/mo | 37.8% | stretched |
| Harlingen, TX | $1,157/mo | 38.4% | stretched |
| Eagle Pass, TX | $1,156/mo | 38.4% | stretched |
| Rockport, TX | $1,161/mo | 38.5% | stretched |
| Victoria, TX | $1,169/mo | 38.8% | stretched |
| Universal City, TX | $1,189/mo | 39.5% | stretched |
| Port Arthur, TX | $1,196/mo | 39.7% | stretched |
| Copperas Cove, TX | $1,196/mo | 39.7% | stretched |
| Orange, TX | $1,234/mo | 40.9% | rent-burdened |
| Canyon, TX | $1,232/mo | 40.9% | rent-burdened |
| Marshall, TX | $1,248/mo | 41.4% | rent-burdened |
| Benbrook, TX | $1,250/mo | 41.5% | rent-burdened |
| Killeen, TX | $1,259/mo | 41.8% | rent-burdened |
| Tyler, TX | $1,259/mo | 41.8% | rent-burdened |
| Beaumont, TX | $1,287/mo | 42.7% | rent-burdened |
| Sherman, TX | $1,287/mo | 42.7% | rent-burdened |
| Corsicana, TX | $1,292/mo | 42.9% | rent-burdened |
| McAllen, TX | $1,300/mo | 43.1% | rent-burdened |
| Amarillo, TX | $1,305/mo | 43.3% | rent-burdened |
| Athens, TX | $1,305/mo | 43.3% | rent-burdened |
| Wichita Falls, TX | $1,312/mo | 43.5% | rent-burdened |
| San Angelo, TX | $1,311/mo | 43.5% | rent-burdened |
| Lubbock, TX | $1,315/mo | 43.6% | rent-burdened |
| Mission, TX | $1,319/mo | 43.8% | rent-burdened |
| Mineral Wells, TX | $1,328/mo | 44.1% | rent-burdened |
| Nederland, TX | $1,332/mo | 44.2% | rent-burdened |
| Ingleside, TX | $1,333/mo | 44.2% | rent-burdened |
| Selma, TX | $1,335/mo | 44.3% | rent-burdened |
| Freeport, TX | $1,335/mo | 44.3% | rent-burdened |
| Webster, TX | $1,337/mo | 44.4% | rent-burdened |
| Waco, TX | $1,342/mo | 44.5% | rent-burdened |
| Bedford, TX | $1,340/mo | 44.5% | rent-burdened |
| Lufkin, TX | $1,341/mo | 44.5% | rent-burdened |
| Kilgore, TX | $1,344/mo | 44.6% | rent-burdened |
| Del Rio, TX | $1,346/mo | 44.7% | rent-burdened |
| Paris, TX | $1,348/mo | 44.7% | rent-burdened |
| Live Oak, TX | $1,350/mo | 44.8% | rent-burdened |
| Haltom City, TX | $1,357/mo | 45% | rent-burdened |
| Huntsville, TX | $1,359/mo | 45.1% | rent-burdened |
| Pasadena, TX | $1,361/mo | 45.2% | rent-burdened |
| San Antonio, TX | $1,381/mo | 45.8% | rent-burdened |
| Temple, TX | $1,383/mo | 45.9% | rent-burdened |
| Texas City, TX | $1,394/mo | 46.3% | rent-burdened |
| Seguin, TX | $1,395/mo | 46.3% | rent-burdened |
| Lake Jackson, TX | $1,402/mo | 46.5% | rent-burdened |
| Hurst, TX | $1,404/mo | 46.6% | rent-burdened |
| Cleburne, TX | $1,403/mo | 46.6% | rent-burdened |
| Texarkana, TX | $1,406/mo | 46.7% | rent-burdened |
| Denison, TX | $1,411/mo | 46.8% | rent-burdened |
| Corpus Christi, TX | $1,422/mo | 47.2% | rent-burdened |
| Bryan, TX | $1,428/mo | 47.4% | rent-burdened |
| San Marcos, TX | $1,433/mo | 47.5% | rent-burdened |
| Galveston, TX | $1,435/mo | 47.6% | rent-burdened |
| Boerne, TX | $1,436/mo | 47.6% | rent-burdened |
| Pecan Grove, TX | $1,440/mo | 47.8% | rent-burdened |
| Big Spring, TX | $1,452/mo | 48.2% | rent-burdened |
| Palestine, TX | $1,453/mo | 48.2% | rent-burdened |
| Dickinson, TX | $1,456/mo | 48.3% | rent-burdened |
| Harker Heights, TX | $1,459/mo | 48.4% | rent-burdened |
| Arlington, TX | $1,468/mo | 48.7% | rent-burdened |
| Denton, TX | $1,492/mo | 49.5% | rent-burdened |
| Baytown, TX | $1,491/mo | 49.5% | rent-burdened |
| El Paso, TX | $1,508/mo | 50% | severely rent-burdened |
| Kingsville, TX | $1,506/mo | 50% | rent-burdened |
| Duncanville, TX | $1,509/mo | 50.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Greenville, TX | $1,513/mo | 50.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Weatherford, TX | $1,519/mo | 50.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Bonham, TX | $1,535/mo | 50.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Lewisville, TX | $1,538/mo | 51% | severely rent-burdened |
| Houston, TX | $1,544/mo | 51.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Angleton, TX | $1,546/mo | 51.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| White Settlement, TX | $1,546/mo | 51.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Buda, TX | $1,554/mo | 51.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| North Richland Hills, TX | $1,557/mo | 51.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Belton, TX | $1,557/mo | 51.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Garland, TX | $1,560/mo | 51.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| New Braunfels, TX | $1,560/mo | 51.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Midland, TX | $1,565/mo | 51.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Conroe, TX | $1,567/mo | 52% | severely rent-burdened |
| Kyle, TX | $1,566/mo | 52% | severely rent-burdened |
| Stafford, TX | $1,568/mo | 52% | severely rent-burdened |
| Austin, TX | $1,571/mo | 52.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Granbury, TX | $1,578/mo | 52.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Portland, TX | $1,582/mo | 52.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Odessa, TX | $1,586/mo | 52.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Humble, TX | $1,589/mo | 52.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Addison, TX | $1,591/mo | 52.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Roanoke, TX | $1,591/mo | 52.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Irving, TX | $1,595/mo | 52.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Georgetown, TX | $1,596/mo | 53% | severely rent-burdened |
| Terrell, TX | $1,598/mo | 53% | severely rent-burdened |
| Brenham, TX | $1,596/mo | 53% | severely rent-burdened |
| Pflugerville, TX | $1,601/mo | 53.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Dallas, TX | $1,604/mo | 53.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Fort Worth, TX | $1,612/mo | 53.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Manor, TX | $1,623/mo | 53.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Euless, TX | $1,628/mo | 54% | severely rent-burdened |
| Rowlett, TX | $1,634/mo | 54.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Balch Springs, TX | $1,636/mo | 54.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| La Porte, TX | $1,640/mo | 54.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Carrollton, TX | $1,650/mo | 54.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Richardson, TX | $1,648/mo | 54.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Hewitt, TX | $1,650/mo | 54.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| College Station, TX | $1,655/mo | 54.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Converse, TX | $1,660/mo | 55.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Farmers Branch, TX | $1,663/mo | 55.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Grand Prairie, TX | $1,673/mo | 55.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Cibolo, TX | $1,677/mo | 55.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Seabrook, TX | $1,686/mo | 55.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Sachse, TX | $1,699/mo | 56.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Fairview, TX | $1,700/mo | 56.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Brownsville, TX | $1,703/mo | 56.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Cedar Park, TX | $1,702/mo | 56.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Burleson, TX | $1,703/mo | 56.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Mansfield, TX | $1,707/mo | 56.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Round Rock, TX | $1,709/mo | 56.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Corinth, TX | $1,708/mo | 56.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Ennis, TX | $1,709/mo | 56.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Lockhart, TX | $1,712/mo | 56.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Hutto, TX | $1,725/mo | 57.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Bastrop, TX | $1,723/mo | 57.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Allen, TX | $1,734/mo | 57.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Plano, TX | $1,736/mo | 57.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| McKinney, TX | $1,741/mo | 57.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Grapevine, TX | $1,746/mo | 57.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Horizon City, TX | $1,744/mo | 57.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Lago Vista, TX | $1,754/mo | 58.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Alvin, TX | $1,758/mo | 58.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Spring, TX | $1,759/mo | 58.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Rockwall, TX | $1,764/mo | 58.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Azle, TX | $1,764/mo | 58.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Robinson, TX | $1,764/mo | 58.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Canyon Lake, TX | $1,770/mo | 58.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| League City, TX | $1,773/mo | 58.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Waxahachie, TX | $1,780/mo | 59.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Melissa, TX | $1,784/mo | 59.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Schertz, TX | $1,786/mo | 59.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Taylor, TX | $1,788/mo | 59.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Elgin, TX | $1,791/mo | 59.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Rosenberg, TX | $1,793/mo | 59.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Tomball, TX | $1,792/mo | 59.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Atascocita, TX | $1,799/mo | 59.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Channelview, TX | $1,802/mo | 59.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Anna, TX | $1,803/mo | 59.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Richmond, TX | $1,813/mo | 60.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Cedar Hill, TX | $1,823/mo | 60.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| The Colony, TX | $1,822/mo | 60.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Frisco, TX | $1,840/mo | 61.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Saginaw, TX | $1,857/mo | 61.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Kerrville, TX | $1,877/mo | 62.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Wylie, TX | $1,880/mo | 62.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Leander, TX | $1,897/mo | 62.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Pearland, TX | $1,898/mo | 63% | severely rent-burdened |
| Midlothian, TX | $1,908/mo | 63.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Fate, TX | $1,923/mo | 63.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| La Marque, TX | $1,923/mo | 63.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Forest Hill, TX | $1,924/mo | 63.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Fredericksburg, TX | $1,928/mo | 64% | severely rent-burdened |
| Crowley, TX | $1,934/mo | 64.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Katy, TX | $1,939/mo | 64.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Deer Park, TX | $1,945/mo | 64.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Lumberton, TX | $1,948/mo | 64.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Cinco Ranch, TX | $1,969/mo | 65.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Princeton, TX | $1,972/mo | 65.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Seagoville, TX | $1,980/mo | 65.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Abilene, TX | $1,988/mo | 66% | severely rent-burdened |
| Sugar Land, TX | $1,997/mo | 66.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Celina, TX | $2,009/mo | 66.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Manvel, TX | $2,018/mo | 67% | severely rent-burdened |
| Keller, TX | $2,032/mo | 67.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Watauga, TX | $2,033/mo | 67.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Forney, TX | $2,085/mo | 69.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Fresno, TX | $2,107/mo | 69.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Missouri City, TX | $2,112/mo | 70.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Prosper, TX | $2,112/mo | 70.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Fulshear, TX | $2,115/mo | 70.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Coppell, TX | $2,120/mo | 70.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Desoto, TX | $2,131/mo | 70.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Royse City, TX | $2,168/mo | 71.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Friendswood, TX | $2,216/mo | 73.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Lancaster, TX | $2,252/mo | 74.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Little Elm, TX | $2,268/mo | 75.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Flower Mound, TX | $2,298/mo | 76.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Red Oak, TX | $2,335/mo | 77.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Glenn Heights, TX | $2,349/mo | 77.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Highland Village, TX | $2,396/mo | 79.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Iowa Colony, TX | $2,445/mo | 81.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Lakeway, TX | $2,603/mo | 86.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Trophy Club, TX | $2,652/mo | 88% | severely rent-burdened |
| Bellaire, TX | $2,749/mo | 91.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| University Park, TX | $4,326/mo | 143.5% | severely rent-burdened |