Rent Affordability for A Software Developer in Texas
A typical software developer in Texas earns about $136,729 a year, which supports approximately $3,418 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. 199 of 200 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 1 are rent-burdened on this salary.
| City↕ | Median rent↕ | % of income↑ | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clute, TX | $794/mo | 7% | very comfortable |
| Stephenville, TX | $953/mo | 8.4% | very comfortable |
| Edinburg, TX | $1,019/mo | 8.9% | very comfortable |
| Alton, TX | $1,044/mo | 9.2% | very comfortable |
| Weslaco, TX | $1,094/mo | 9.6% | very comfortable |
| Nacogdoches, TX | $1,120/mo | 9.8% | very comfortable |
| Universal City, TX | $1,115/mo | 9.8% | very comfortable |
| Gatesville, TX | $1,122/mo | 9.8% | very comfortable |
| Harlingen, TX | $1,135/mo | 10% | very comfortable |
| Orange, TX | $1,137/mo | 10% | very comfortable |
| Kilgore, TX | $1,141/mo | 10% | very comfortable |
| Longview, TX | $1,176/mo | 10.3% | very comfortable |
| Mineral Wells, TX | $1,174/mo | 10.3% | very comfortable |
| Athens, TX | $1,168/mo | 10.3% | very comfortable |
| Live Oak, TX | $1,191/mo | 10.5% | very comfortable |
| Pharr, TX | $1,207/mo | 10.6% | very comfortable |
| Victoria, TX | $1,212/mo | 10.6% | very comfortable |
| Corsicana, TX | $1,205/mo | 10.6% | very comfortable |
| Paris, TX | $1,238/mo | 10.9% | very comfortable |
| Ingleside, TX | $1,247/mo | 10.9% | very comfortable |
| Killeen, TX | $1,254/mo | 11% | very comfortable |
| Beaumont, TX | $1,259/mo | 11% | very comfortable |
| Freeport, TX | $1,267/mo | 11.1% | very comfortable |
| Amarillo, TX | $1,278/mo | 11.2% | very comfortable |
| Wichita Falls, TX | $1,279/mo | 11.2% | very comfortable |
| McAllen, TX | $1,283/mo | 11.3% | very comfortable |
| Sherman, TX | $1,291/mo | 11.3% | very comfortable |
| Copperas Cove, TX | $1,284/mo | 11.3% | very comfortable |
| San Angelo, TX | $1,302/mo | 11.4% | very comfortable |
| Eagle Pass, TX | $1,300/mo | 11.4% | very comfortable |
| Canyon, TX | $1,296/mo | 11.4% | very comfortable |
| Texarkana, TX | $1,311/mo | 11.5% | very comfortable |
| Lufkin, TX | $1,313/mo | 11.5% | very comfortable |
| Selma, TX | $1,314/mo | 11.5% | very comfortable |
| Huntsville, TX | $1,324/mo | 11.6% | very comfortable |
| Laredo, TX | $1,331/mo | 11.7% | very comfortable |
| Port Arthur, TX | $1,328/mo | 11.7% | very comfortable |
| Nederland, TX | $1,331/mo | 11.7% | very comfortable |
| Mission, TX | $1,341/mo | 11.8% | very comfortable |
| Texas City, TX | $1,342/mo | 11.8% | very comfortable |
| Big Spring, TX | $1,340/mo | 11.8% | very comfortable |
| Galveston, TX | $1,356/mo | 11.9% | very comfortable |
| Marshall, TX | $1,360/mo | 11.9% | very comfortable |
| Webster, TX | $1,355/mo | 11.9% | very comfortable |
| Rockport, TX | $1,358/mo | 11.9% | very comfortable |
| Pasadena, TX | $1,372/mo | 12% | very comfortable |
| Waco, TX | $1,369/mo | 12% | very comfortable |
| Tyler, TX | $1,372/mo | 12% | very comfortable |
| Cleburne, TX | $1,362/mo | 12% | very comfortable |
| San Antonio, TX | $1,382/mo | 12.1% | very comfortable |
| Lubbock, TX | $1,401/mo | 12.3% | very comfortable |
| Bedford, TX | $1,405/mo | 12.3% | very comfortable |
| Corpus Christi, TX | $1,415/mo | 12.4% | very comfortable |
| San Marcos, TX | $1,408/mo | 12.4% | very comfortable |
| Haltom City, TX | $1,417/mo | 12.4% | very comfortable |
| Temple, TX | $1,428/mo | 12.5% | very comfortable |
| Bryan, TX | $1,428/mo | 12.5% | very comfortable |
| Kingsville, TX | $1,426/mo | 12.5% | very comfortable |
| Denison, TX | $1,437/mo | 12.6% | very comfortable |
| College Station, TX | $1,446/mo | 12.7% | very comfortable |
| Greenville, TX | $1,456/mo | 12.8% | very comfortable |
| Denton, TX | $1,480/mo | 13% | very comfortable |
| Del Rio, TX | $1,478/mo | 13% | very comfortable |
| Boerne, TX | $1,485/mo | 13% | very comfortable |
| Lake Jackson, TX | $1,488/mo | 13.1% | very comfortable |
| Lumberton, TX | $1,496/mo | 13.1% | very comfortable |
| Hurst, TX | $1,505/mo | 13.2% | very comfortable |
| Weatherford, TX | $1,509/mo | 13.2% | very comfortable |
| Bonham, TX | $1,506/mo | 13.2% | very comfortable |
| El Paso, TX | $1,521/mo | 13.3% | very comfortable |
| Garland, TX | $1,519/mo | 13.3% | very comfortable |
| Duncanville, TX | $1,515/mo | 13.3% | very comfortable |
| Seguin, TX | $1,520/mo | 13.3% | very comfortable |
| Dickinson, TX | $1,514/mo | 13.3% | very comfortable |
| Angleton, TX | $1,528/mo | 13.4% | very comfortable |
| Odessa, TX | $1,537/mo | 13.5% | very comfortable |
| North Richland Hills, TX | $1,539/mo | 13.5% | very comfortable |
| White Settlement, TX | $1,541/mo | 13.5% | very comfortable |
| Arlington, TX | $1,546/mo | 13.6% | very comfortable |
| Palestine, TX | $1,546/mo | 13.6% | very comfortable |
| Stafford, TX | $1,548/mo | 13.6% | very comfortable |
| New Braunfels, TX | $1,563/mo | 13.7% | very comfortable |
| Houston, TX | $1,567/mo | 13.8% | very comfortable |
| Brownsville, TX | $1,569/mo | 13.8% | very comfortable |
| Conroe, TX | $1,569/mo | 13.8% | very comfortable |
| Euless, TX | $1,567/mo | 13.8% | very comfortable |
| Addison, TX | $1,571/mo | 13.8% | very comfortable |
| Hewitt, TX | $1,577/mo | 13.8% | very comfortable |
| Baytown, TX | $1,586/mo | 13.9% | very comfortable |
| Irving, TX | $1,592/mo | 14% | very comfortable |
| Lewisville, TX | $1,593/mo | 14% | very comfortable |
| Grand Prairie, TX | $1,610/mo | 14.1% | very comfortable |
| Kyle, TX | $1,607/mo | 14.1% | very comfortable |
| Harker Heights, TX | $1,612/mo | 14.1% | very comfortable |
| Roanoke, TX | $1,612/mo | 14.1% | very comfortable |
| Dallas, TX | $1,618/mo | 14.2% | very comfortable |
| Austin, TX | $1,615/mo | 14.2% | very comfortable |
| Carrollton, TX | $1,618/mo | 14.2% | very comfortable |
| Fort Worth, TX | $1,635/mo | 14.3% | very comfortable |
| Midland, TX | $1,634/mo | 14.3% | very comfortable |
| Portland, TX | $1,635/mo | 14.3% | very comfortable |
| Humble, TX | $1,626/mo | 14.3% | very comfortable |
| Georgetown, TX | $1,643/mo | 14.4% | very comfortable |
| Belton, TX | $1,638/mo | 14.4% | very comfortable |
| Horizon City, TX | $1,643/mo | 14.4% | very comfortable |
| Terrell, TX | $1,645/mo | 14.4% | very comfortable |
| Manor, TX | $1,645/mo | 14.4% | very comfortable |
| Cibolo, TX | $1,654/mo | 14.5% | very comfortable |
| Deer Park, TX | $1,649/mo | 14.5% | very comfortable |
| Pecan Grove, TX | $1,648/mo | 14.5% | very comfortable |
| Rowlett, TX | $1,668/mo | 14.6% | very comfortable |
| La Porte, TX | $1,658/mo | 14.6% | very comfortable |
| Benbrook, TX | $1,669/mo | 14.6% | very comfortable |
| Fairview, TX | $1,662/mo | 14.6% | very comfortable |
| Richardson, TX | $1,675/mo | 14.7% | very comfortable |
| Allen, TX | $1,678/mo | 14.7% | very comfortable |
| Waxahachie, TX | $1,673/mo | 14.7% | very comfortable |
| Farmers Branch, TX | $1,684/mo | 14.8% | very comfortable |
| Ennis, TX | $1,684/mo | 14.8% | very comfortable |
| Seabrook, TX | $1,688/mo | 14.8% | very comfortable |
| Pflugerville, TX | $1,699/mo | 14.9% | very comfortable |
| Canyon Lake, TX | $1,699/mo | 14.9% | very comfortable |
| Lockhart, TX | $1,699/mo | 14.9% | very comfortable |
| Plano, TX | $1,713/mo | 15% | very comfortable |
| Round Rock, TX | $1,713/mo | 15% | very comfortable |
| Sachse, TX | $1,711/mo | 15% | very comfortable |
| Alvin, TX | $1,710/mo | 15% | very comfortable |
| Balch Springs, TX | $1,704/mo | 15% | very comfortable |
| Brenham, TX | $1,716/mo | 15.1% | very comfortable |
| Cedar Park, TX | $1,735/mo | 15.2% | very comfortable |
| Mansfield, TX | $1,732/mo | 15.2% | very comfortable |
| Burleson, TX | $1,737/mo | 15.2% | very comfortable |
| Converse, TX | $1,730/mo | 15.2% | very comfortable |
| Cedar Hill, TX | $1,747/mo | 15.3% | very comfortable |
| Buda, TX | $1,747/mo | 15.3% | very comfortable |
| Tomball, TX | $1,745/mo | 15.3% | very comfortable |
| Spring, TX | $1,750/mo | 15.4% | very comfortable |
| Channelview, TX | $1,752/mo | 15.4% | very comfortable |
| Hutto, TX | $1,764/mo | 15.5% | very comfortable |
| Forest Hill, TX | $1,781/mo | 15.6% | very comfortable |
| Rockwall, TX | $1,794/mo | 15.7% | very comfortable |
| Richmond, TX | $1,788/mo | 15.7% | very comfortable |
| Granbury, TX | $1,784/mo | 15.7% | very comfortable |
| Elgin, TX | $1,792/mo | 15.7% | very comfortable |
| Pearland, TX | $1,804/mo | 15.8% | very comfortable |
| Corinth, TX | $1,798/mo | 15.8% | very comfortable |
| Azle, TX | $1,798/mo | 15.8% | very comfortable |
| Atascocita, TX | $1,812/mo | 15.9% | very comfortable |
| McKinney, TX | $1,819/mo | 16% | very comfortable |
| Bastrop, TX | $1,836/mo | 16.1% | very comfortable |
| Frisco, TX | $1,861/mo | 16.3% | very comfortable |
| Wylie, TX | $1,859/mo | 16.3% | very comfortable |
| Kerrville, TX | $1,853/mo | 16.3% | very comfortable |
| La Marque, TX | $1,883/mo | 16.5% | very comfortable |
| League City, TX | $1,889/mo | 16.6% | very comfortable |
| The Colony, TX | $1,891/mo | 16.6% | very comfortable |
| Keller, TX | $1,904/mo | 16.7% | very comfortable |
| Desoto, TX | $1,926/mo | 16.9% | very comfortable |
| Melissa, TX | $1,927/mo | 16.9% | very comfortable |
| Robinson, TX | $1,925/mo | 16.9% | very comfortable |
| Grapevine, TX | $1,937/mo | 17% | very comfortable |
| Forney, TX | $1,938/mo | 17% | very comfortable |
| Katy, TX | $1,935/mo | 17% | very comfortable |
| Anna, TX | $1,942/mo | 17% | very comfortable |
| Abilene, TX | $1,947/mo | 17.1% | very comfortable |
| Princeton, TX | $1,953/mo | 17.1% | very comfortable |
| Red Oak, TX | $1,949/mo | 17.1% | very comfortable |
| Saginaw, TX | $1,958/mo | 17.2% | very comfortable |
| Rosenberg, TX | $1,973/mo | 17.3% | very comfortable |
| Schertz, TX | $1,977/mo | 17.4% | very comfortable |
| Celina, TX | $1,986/mo | 17.4% | very comfortable |
| Leander, TX | $2,000/mo | 17.6% | very comfortable |
| Cinco Ranch, TX | $2,010/mo | 17.6% | very comfortable |
| Watauga, TX | $2,031/mo | 17.8% | very comfortable |
| Fredericksburg, TX | $2,033/mo | 17.8% | very comfortable |
| Coppell, TX | $2,034/mo | 17.9% | very comfortable |
| Crowley, TX | $2,041/mo | 17.9% | very comfortable |
| Sugar Land, TX | $2,065/mo | 18.1% | very comfortable |
| Trophy Club, TX | $2,060/mo | 18.1% | very comfortable |
| Lago Vista, TX | $2,066/mo | 18.1% | very comfortable |
| Manvel, TX | $2,084/mo | 18.3% | very comfortable |
| Seagoville, TX | $2,094/mo | 18.4% | very comfortable |
| Taylor, TX | $2,098/mo | 18.4% | very comfortable |
| Missouri City, TX | $2,121/mo | 18.6% | very comfortable |
| Fate, TX | $2,147/mo | 18.8% | very comfortable |
| Fresno, TX | $2,150/mo | 18.9% | very comfortable |
| Midlothian, TX | $2,171/mo | 19.1% | very comfortable |
| Fulshear, TX | $2,186/mo | 19.2% | very comfortable |
| Friendswood, TX | $2,220/mo | 19.5% | very comfortable |
| Royse City, TX | $2,228/mo | 19.6% | very comfortable |
| Lancaster, TX | $2,253/mo | 19.8% | very comfortable |
| Prosper, TX | $2,262/mo | 19.9% | very comfortable |
| Little Elm, TX | $2,282/mo | 20% | affordable |
| Glenn Heights, TX | $2,291/mo | 20.1% | affordable |
| Flower Mound, TX | $2,404/mo | 21.1% | affordable |
| Bellaire, TX | $2,490/mo | 21.9% | affordable |
| Iowa Colony, TX | $2,493/mo | 21.9% | affordable |
| Highland Village, TX | $2,534/mo | 22.2% | affordable |
| Lakeway, TX | $2,783/mo | 24.4% | affordable |
| University Park, TX | $5,424/mo | 47.6% | rent-burdened |