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 | $825/mo | 7.2% | very comfortable |
| Stephenville, TX | $1,000/mo | 8.8% | very comfortable |
| Edinburg, TX | $1,027/mo | 9% | very comfortable |
| Alton, TX | $1,022/mo | 9% | very comfortable |
| Nacogdoches, TX | $1,075/mo | 9.4% | very comfortable |
| Weslaco, TX | $1,103/mo | 9.7% | very comfortable |
| Pharr, TX | $1,116/mo | 9.8% | very comfortable |
| Gatesville, TX | $1,116/mo | 9.8% | very comfortable |
| Laredo, TX | $1,129/mo | 9.9% | very comfortable |
| Longview, TX | $1,140/mo | 10% | very comfortable |
| Eagle Pass, TX | $1,156/mo | 10.1% | very comfortable |
| Harlingen, TX | $1,157/mo | 10.2% | very comfortable |
| Rockport, TX | $1,161/mo | 10.2% | very comfortable |
| Victoria, TX | $1,169/mo | 10.3% | very comfortable |
| Universal City, TX | $1,189/mo | 10.4% | very comfortable |
| Port Arthur, TX | $1,196/mo | 10.5% | very comfortable |
| Copperas Cove, TX | $1,196/mo | 10.5% | very comfortable |
| Orange, TX | $1,234/mo | 10.8% | very comfortable |
| Canyon, TX | $1,232/mo | 10.8% | very comfortable |
| Killeen, TX | $1,259/mo | 11% | very comfortable |
| Tyler, TX | $1,259/mo | 11% | very comfortable |
| Benbrook, TX | $1,250/mo | 11% | very comfortable |
| Marshall, TX | $1,248/mo | 11% | very comfortable |
| Beaumont, TX | $1,287/mo | 11.3% | very comfortable |
| Sherman, TX | $1,287/mo | 11.3% | very comfortable |
| Corsicana, TX | $1,292/mo | 11.3% | very comfortable |
| McAllen, TX | $1,300/mo | 11.4% | very comfortable |
| Lubbock, TX | $1,315/mo | 11.5% | very comfortable |
| Amarillo, TX | $1,305/mo | 11.5% | very comfortable |
| Wichita Falls, TX | $1,312/mo | 11.5% | very comfortable |
| San Angelo, TX | $1,311/mo | 11.5% | very comfortable |
| Athens, TX | $1,305/mo | 11.5% | very comfortable |
| Mission, TX | $1,319/mo | 11.6% | very comfortable |
| Nederland, TX | $1,332/mo | 11.7% | very comfortable |
| Mineral Wells, TX | $1,328/mo | 11.7% | very comfortable |
| Webster, TX | $1,337/mo | 11.7% | very comfortable |
| Selma, TX | $1,335/mo | 11.7% | very comfortable |
| Freeport, TX | $1,335/mo | 11.7% | very comfortable |
| Ingleside, TX | $1,333/mo | 11.7% | very comfortable |
| Waco, TX | $1,342/mo | 11.8% | very comfortable |
| Bedford, TX | $1,340/mo | 11.8% | very comfortable |
| Del Rio, TX | $1,346/mo | 11.8% | very comfortable |
| Lufkin, TX | $1,341/mo | 11.8% | very comfortable |
| Paris, TX | $1,348/mo | 11.8% | very comfortable |
| Live Oak, TX | $1,350/mo | 11.8% | very comfortable |
| Kilgore, TX | $1,344/mo | 11.8% | very comfortable |
| Pasadena, TX | $1,361/mo | 11.9% | very comfortable |
| Huntsville, TX | $1,359/mo | 11.9% | very comfortable |
| Haltom City, TX | $1,357/mo | 11.9% | very comfortable |
| San Antonio, TX | $1,381/mo | 12.1% | very comfortable |
| Temple, TX | $1,383/mo | 12.1% | very comfortable |
| Texas City, TX | $1,394/mo | 12.2% | very comfortable |
| Seguin, TX | $1,395/mo | 12.2% | very comfortable |
| Hurst, TX | $1,404/mo | 12.3% | very comfortable |
| Texarkana, TX | $1,406/mo | 12.3% | very comfortable |
| Cleburne, TX | $1,403/mo | 12.3% | very comfortable |
| Lake Jackson, TX | $1,402/mo | 12.3% | very comfortable |
| Denison, TX | $1,411/mo | 12.4% | very comfortable |
| Corpus Christi, TX | $1,422/mo | 12.5% | very comfortable |
| Bryan, TX | $1,428/mo | 12.5% | very comfortable |
| San Marcos, TX | $1,433/mo | 12.6% | very comfortable |
| Galveston, TX | $1,435/mo | 12.6% | very comfortable |
| Pecan Grove, TX | $1,440/mo | 12.6% | very comfortable |
| Boerne, TX | $1,436/mo | 12.6% | very comfortable |
| Big Spring, TX | $1,452/mo | 12.7% | very comfortable |
| Harker Heights, TX | $1,459/mo | 12.8% | very comfortable |
| Dickinson, TX | $1,456/mo | 12.8% | very comfortable |
| Palestine, TX | $1,453/mo | 12.8% | very comfortable |
| Arlington, TX | $1,468/mo | 12.9% | very comfortable |
| Denton, TX | $1,492/mo | 13.1% | very comfortable |
| Baytown, TX | $1,491/mo | 13.1% | very comfortable |
| El Paso, TX | $1,508/mo | 13.2% | very comfortable |
| Duncanville, TX | $1,509/mo | 13.2% | very comfortable |
| Kingsville, TX | $1,506/mo | 13.2% | very comfortable |
| Weatherford, TX | $1,519/mo | 13.3% | very comfortable |
| Greenville, TX | $1,513/mo | 13.3% | very comfortable |
| Lewisville, TX | $1,538/mo | 13.5% | very comfortable |
| Bonham, TX | $1,535/mo | 13.5% | very comfortable |
| Houston, TX | $1,544/mo | 13.6% | very comfortable |
| Angleton, TX | $1,546/mo | 13.6% | very comfortable |
| White Settlement, TX | $1,546/mo | 13.6% | very comfortable |
| Buda, TX | $1,554/mo | 13.6% | very comfortable |
| Garland, TX | $1,560/mo | 13.7% | very comfortable |
| Midland, TX | $1,565/mo | 13.7% | very comfortable |
| New Braunfels, TX | $1,560/mo | 13.7% | very comfortable |
| North Richland Hills, TX | $1,557/mo | 13.7% | very comfortable |
| Kyle, TX | $1,566/mo | 13.7% | very comfortable |
| Belton, TX | $1,557/mo | 13.7% | very comfortable |
| Austin, TX | $1,571/mo | 13.8% | very comfortable |
| Conroe, TX | $1,567/mo | 13.8% | very comfortable |
| Stafford, TX | $1,568/mo | 13.8% | very comfortable |
| Granbury, TX | $1,578/mo | 13.8% | very comfortable |
| Odessa, TX | $1,586/mo | 13.9% | very comfortable |
| Portland, TX | $1,582/mo | 13.9% | very comfortable |
| Humble, TX | $1,589/mo | 13.9% | very comfortable |
| Irving, TX | $1,595/mo | 14% | very comfortable |
| Georgetown, TX | $1,596/mo | 14% | very comfortable |
| Terrell, TX | $1,598/mo | 14% | very comfortable |
| Brenham, TX | $1,596/mo | 14% | very comfortable |
| Addison, TX | $1,591/mo | 14% | very comfortable |
| Roanoke, TX | $1,591/mo | 14% | very comfortable |
| Dallas, TX | $1,604/mo | 14.1% | very comfortable |
| Fort Worth, TX | $1,612/mo | 14.1% | very comfortable |
| Pflugerville, TX | $1,601/mo | 14.1% | very comfortable |
| Manor, TX | $1,623/mo | 14.2% | very comfortable |
| Rowlett, TX | $1,634/mo | 14.3% | very comfortable |
| Euless, TX | $1,628/mo | 14.3% | very comfortable |
| La Porte, TX | $1,640/mo | 14.4% | very comfortable |
| Balch Springs, TX | $1,636/mo | 14.4% | very comfortable |
| Carrollton, TX | $1,650/mo | 14.5% | very comfortable |
| College Station, TX | $1,655/mo | 14.5% | very comfortable |
| Richardson, TX | $1,648/mo | 14.5% | very comfortable |
| Hewitt, TX | $1,650/mo | 14.5% | very comfortable |
| Farmers Branch, TX | $1,663/mo | 14.6% | very comfortable |
| Converse, TX | $1,660/mo | 14.6% | very comfortable |
| Grand Prairie, TX | $1,673/mo | 14.7% | very comfortable |
| Cibolo, TX | $1,677/mo | 14.7% | very comfortable |
| Seabrook, TX | $1,686/mo | 14.8% | very comfortable |
| Brownsville, TX | $1,703/mo | 14.9% | very comfortable |
| Cedar Park, TX | $1,702/mo | 14.9% | very comfortable |
| Burleson, TX | $1,703/mo | 14.9% | very comfortable |
| Sachse, TX | $1,699/mo | 14.9% | very comfortable |
| Fairview, TX | $1,700/mo | 14.9% | very comfortable |
| Round Rock, TX | $1,709/mo | 15% | very comfortable |
| Mansfield, TX | $1,707/mo | 15% | very comfortable |
| Corinth, TX | $1,708/mo | 15% | very comfortable |
| Ennis, TX | $1,709/mo | 15% | very comfortable |
| Lockhart, TX | $1,712/mo | 15% | very comfortable |
| Hutto, TX | $1,725/mo | 15.1% | very comfortable |
| Bastrop, TX | $1,723/mo | 15.1% | very comfortable |
| Plano, TX | $1,736/mo | 15.2% | very comfortable |
| Allen, TX | $1,734/mo | 15.2% | very comfortable |
| McKinney, TX | $1,741/mo | 15.3% | very comfortable |
| Grapevine, TX | $1,746/mo | 15.3% | very comfortable |
| Horizon City, TX | $1,744/mo | 15.3% | very comfortable |
| Spring, TX | $1,759/mo | 15.4% | very comfortable |
| Alvin, TX | $1,758/mo | 15.4% | very comfortable |
| Lago Vista, TX | $1,754/mo | 15.4% | very comfortable |
| Rockwall, TX | $1,764/mo | 15.5% | very comfortable |
| Canyon Lake, TX | $1,770/mo | 15.5% | very comfortable |
| Azle, TX | $1,764/mo | 15.5% | very comfortable |
| Robinson, TX | $1,764/mo | 15.5% | very comfortable |
| League City, TX | $1,773/mo | 15.6% | very comfortable |
| Waxahachie, TX | $1,780/mo | 15.6% | very comfortable |
| Schertz, TX | $1,786/mo | 15.7% | very comfortable |
| Rosenberg, TX | $1,793/mo | 15.7% | very comfortable |
| Melissa, TX | $1,784/mo | 15.7% | very comfortable |
| Taylor, TX | $1,788/mo | 15.7% | very comfortable |
| Tomball, TX | $1,792/mo | 15.7% | very comfortable |
| Elgin, TX | $1,791/mo | 15.7% | very comfortable |
| Atascocita, TX | $1,799/mo | 15.8% | very comfortable |
| Channelview, TX | $1,802/mo | 15.8% | very comfortable |
| Anna, TX | $1,803/mo | 15.8% | very comfortable |
| Richmond, TX | $1,813/mo | 15.9% | very comfortable |
| Cedar Hill, TX | $1,823/mo | 16% | very comfortable |
| The Colony, TX | $1,822/mo | 16% | very comfortable |
| Frisco, TX | $1,840/mo | 16.1% | very comfortable |
| Saginaw, TX | $1,857/mo | 16.3% | very comfortable |
| Wylie, TX | $1,880/mo | 16.5% | very comfortable |
| Kerrville, TX | $1,877/mo | 16.5% | very comfortable |
| Leander, TX | $1,897/mo | 16.6% | very comfortable |
| Pearland, TX | $1,898/mo | 16.7% | very comfortable |
| Midlothian, TX | $1,908/mo | 16.7% | very comfortable |
| Fate, TX | $1,923/mo | 16.9% | very comfortable |
| La Marque, TX | $1,923/mo | 16.9% | very comfortable |
| Forest Hill, TX | $1,924/mo | 16.9% | very comfortable |
| Fredericksburg, TX | $1,928/mo | 16.9% | very comfortable |
| Katy, TX | $1,939/mo | 17% | very comfortable |
| Crowley, TX | $1,934/mo | 17% | very comfortable |
| Deer Park, TX | $1,945/mo | 17.1% | very comfortable |
| Lumberton, TX | $1,948/mo | 17.1% | very comfortable |
| Princeton, TX | $1,972/mo | 17.3% | very comfortable |
| Cinco Ranch, TX | $1,969/mo | 17.3% | very comfortable |
| Abilene, TX | $1,988/mo | 17.4% | very comfortable |
| Seagoville, TX | $1,980/mo | 17.4% | very comfortable |
| Sugar Land, TX | $1,997/mo | 17.5% | very comfortable |
| Celina, TX | $2,009/mo | 17.6% | very comfortable |
| Manvel, TX | $2,018/mo | 17.7% | very comfortable |
| Keller, TX | $2,032/mo | 17.8% | very comfortable |
| Watauga, TX | $2,033/mo | 17.8% | very comfortable |
| Forney, TX | $2,085/mo | 18.3% | very comfortable |
| Missouri City, TX | $2,112/mo | 18.5% | very comfortable |
| Prosper, TX | $2,112/mo | 18.5% | very comfortable |
| Fresno, TX | $2,107/mo | 18.5% | very comfortable |
| Coppell, TX | $2,120/mo | 18.6% | very comfortable |
| Fulshear, TX | $2,115/mo | 18.6% | very comfortable |
| Desoto, TX | $2,131/mo | 18.7% | very comfortable |
| Royse City, TX | $2,168/mo | 19% | very comfortable |
| Friendswood, TX | $2,216/mo | 19.4% | very comfortable |
| Lancaster, TX | $2,252/mo | 19.8% | very comfortable |
| Little Elm, TX | $2,268/mo | 19.9% | very comfortable |
| Flower Mound, TX | $2,298/mo | 20.2% | affordable |
| Red Oak, TX | $2,335/mo | 20.5% | affordable |
| Glenn Heights, TX | $2,349/mo | 20.6% | affordable |
| Highland Village, TX | $2,396/mo | 21% | affordable |
| Iowa Colony, TX | $2,445/mo | 21.5% | affordable |
| Lakeway, TX | $2,603/mo | 22.8% | affordable |
| Trophy Club, TX | $2,652/mo | 23.3% | affordable |
| Bellaire, TX | $2,749/mo | 24.1% | affordable |
| University Park, TX | $4,326/mo | 38% | stretched |