10 Cheapest Towns To Live in Texas 

Lived here for 60 years (Houston). Don't want to live anywhere else, but I'm concerned about cities near the border.

I've lived here my entire life. 57 years.

Yes

I lived there back in the 1965+ years as an AF wife and loved San Antonio.

Born and bred. Love my Texas!

Can u Pleaseeeee tell me the name of apartments or help me find a similar please? Single mom.

@@naylaharris6632 look in the Bay Area

Provide the information please

Please stop coaxing people to move there

Yep 😔

Just start telling ppl Texas is awful....

That’s the lefts plan. If they takeover Texas they’ll NEVER lose another election.

And they will too.

Democrats will destroy Texas just like they destroyed Los Angeles, Seattle, Philadelphia, Detroit, and Portland

Cause it's overated

The State lowers the property taxes but requires all towns and counties, school districts, etc, to raise theirs. No one mentions that.

Texas refuses to implement a state income tax. The money has to come from somewhere.

There’s also no state tax

Ask ANY AI about the crime rates about the cities recommended in this video. Mic DROP!! The only exception to this is the #1 City mentioned in this video... Brownsville, which frankly comes as a surprise to me. Brownsville seems to be worth looking at.

Agree on El Paso, I love it here

I heard the pollution was bad in So Paso.

@@DivestedNerd Redneck ish. Very white. Small town corruption.

​@@DivestedNerdTyler is a mini Dallas. Population of 110k.

Thought you were gonna forget MAF...but you saved it at the end 😝!

Border towns aren't necessarily more dangerous. I am willing to bet Brownsville is a hell of a lot safer than Dallas. I lived in Dallas for 47 years. I finally said to hell with it after paying $11K in property taxes and having my home burglarized with no police response for 2 days after it happened. I am outside of El Paso now and it is much safer here despite all the fear porn on the news.

McAllen was named the safest city in the US not too long ago. You can’t drive within a mile range without running into a police vehicle. I would go to the park at 3 a.m. like nothing when I was a college student and a police vehicle would always monitor the area throughout the night. It is pretty safe! But this is one of the main reasons why many people are moving in and are making the housing affordability nightmare for locals, what used to be 250k before the housing bubble of 2020, it is now close to 500k. Not to mention, the high property tax!

@@davidgarcia5593 xxddd

Dallas & Houston are WAY more dangerous the McAllen & Brownsville. The border is not really a factor.

You said exactly what I was thinking!

Only if you are in the Socorro School district. The imbeciles in charge of SISD spend money like drunken sailors. They even have their own police dept for the school district! (with expensive cop cars for them) Why does a school district need their own police dept in the Safest City in America (of cities 500,000 and up)?? El Paso is a very affordable city (if you stay out of the Socorro School District). Like I said before, El Paso is the safest city of 500,000 and above in America. 80% Mexican but 95% of them speak English as a first language and very very friendly. (Hint: Mexican-Americans are very superstitious so they can't refuse when asked for help...they don't want Karma making things even). EVERY place in EL Paso has at least 5 Authentic Mexican restaurants within a short driving distance. (I would call El Paso the Mexican restaurant capital of America.) It probably has more Mexican restaurants per square mile than anywhere in America And with so much competition in the Mexican restaurant business, the prices are very low (about half of what it would cost in Dallas for the same dishes). And if that is not enough Mexican restaurants for you, there are hundreds more a short drive across the border. Hint for non-Mexicans: Mexicans are NOT staring at you...they love to learn the ways of other cultures so they are observing. Approach them with any questions you might have they will be very happy to converse with you. Their approach to life is that everyone is a family member therefore you seldom see a homeless Mexican. "You can always add another potato to the soup", Mexican saying for anyone that might show up unexpectedly. Years ago, I used to be in charge of bringing in to the city an entertainer for a chain of restaurants (yeah, that chain) to do school shows. The entertainer came in from another Texas city. He would tell me, "What I like about El Paso is that even though it's 80% Mexican-American, they are very Americanized and I can converse with al the kids. It's not that way in other Texas cities." I told him, El Paso Mexican-Americans have been around since before the Wild West gunslinger days. There are 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 generation Mexican-Americans so when migrant kids come in, they they quickly learn English from their new friends at school. That's why it's important to get those migrant kids into schools quickly so they Americanize."

As a resident, I'd like to confirm that this is true, and as of April, 2023, we are up to our necks in illegal immigrants, with hundreds more crossing the bridge every day.

@@whistlingsage9817 BUT, those immigrants are from lower South American countries and are asking for asylum, so they are turning themselves in to the Border Patrol to start the process. They are IN THE Federal System. Don't make it sound like the streets are full of them. In fact, I have not encountered even one of them. They are IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM off the streets. The federal system absorbs them into other cities to away their court dates so we are NOT "up to our neck" in them. To a white person that doesn't know the difference, they might "all look alike", but to any Mexican-American, they look very different and dress very different. Ask a Mexican-American to point out the South Americans to you (if they can find any). I think you are seeing the same Mexican-Americans that were born here and grew up here and thinking "We are up to our necks in brand new immigrants!!! Run for the hills!!" If it were true that "we are u to our necks in them "the housing could not absorb that many overnight. Thus, the federal system "absorbs them" by moving them around to other cities. So, no matter if you live on the border or a city away from the border, you are all getting immigrants asking for asylum in your city too. Any NO city is "UP TO OUR NECKS IN IMMIGRANTS!!" btw: we can tell which president YOU voted for by your lack of knowledge and your willingness to pass on a false narrative. I challenge you to film "In The Streets Of El Paso" all those up to our necks immigrants. Everybody carries a camera in their pocket daily so you don't have the excuse of not having a camera. And don't show us the immigrants at the border, I want proof positive of those up to our necks immigrants ON THE STREETS OF EL PASO. If you do not provide proof, you will be renamed Chicken Little, the one of "The Sky is Falling" fame. And remember, we know the difference between Mexican-Americans and South Americans so don't try to pass off Mex-Amer as South Americans.

But no state tax. For now.

@@lindabarrett6471 that doesn't help the retired however.

Texas votes in November to DRASTICALLY reduce and or eliminate property tax.

Mcallen is def not the safest, I live here.. whoever said that is fked up 😂😂😂

We live in the Mcallen area and it is absolutely horrible here now LMFAO (keep in mind I was born and raised here in the valley and have lived here my whole life). We're actually looking into moving out of the valley soon. The prices of houses skyrocketed and got absolutely ruined by people flocking from other parts of Texas and the US. I also agree with the other comment on this thread. It is absolutely ridiculous to claim McAllen is the safest city in the US let alone Texas. It made sense to live here because, well besides literally being a born and raised native, housing was cheap. Now that normal houses land in the 250k-325k range why even freaking live here. SPI got ruined years ago when tourists started flocking to it for spring break and now the whole valley is basically ruined. Traffic, flocks of people, housing/rental prices, car markups down here you name it. Everything went to shit!

Are you asking a question in your first two sentences or is there supposed to be a period at the end??

Born there, left as an adult. NEVER GOING BACK TO THE FASCIST STATE!! The state is run by the TEXASS TALIBAN of abbott, patrick and Paxton - all are impotent dicks.

Yes. Better not come here!

yes stay away from texas @@jackielambert7980

Buy an external generator. That’ll take care of that.

To be perfectly clear Texas is on its own power and not dependant on the national grid. Notwithstanding, other than 'co-ops' there are several wholesalers who one can purchase their power from, but again from one grid system. 'Power walls' , generators and solar panels systems usually get the back-up needs taken care of. If one has the initiative / determination and engineering primus or pays someone to do it for them "solar panel systems" (both grid tie and battery bank) are the way to kill the beast; especially battery bank systems. Strictly for back up.....a "do it yourself" system can be accomplished for $3-5k, a self reliant for $8-10k.

@@anonymousmeme8458 Try $20,000 for a total self-reliant...even $10,000 is not doable for average folks. Most are renting and cannot afford a decent car, fer cryin' outloud.

Well... "I've heard it said" that El Paso would be better off if it were part of New Mexico. And they might as well...its Right There! 😝!

Do you have any suggestions please. I’m from FL and can’t afford to stay here. Homeowners insurance went from $2600 to $5500 in one yr.

Exactly what we did in rural east Texas. Close enough for shopping, etc distant enough so it’s not too people-y. A bit of land for garden and small critters. Annual taxes less than $300.00

Strangely, this is exactly my plan. Galveston-Houston too pricey now.

@@luckyrabbit2 There are palmettos & small affordable townlets along the TX coast

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Start with Winter Texans. And don't call anyone not born here "Texan" They are Winter Visitors or Winter Intruders.

​@@businesstwentytwelve7615first i was born on a plane, as a child lived in multiple states, called Texas my home, was 4H some trick riding, DFW was home, rtnd from military Vet, and later Travel RN, returnd live in Marshall. Texans know not to ask where someone is from, if they are from Texas they would have told u before u asked, if they arent from Texas u will be embarrassing them. So, we dont put down others. I was not born in Texas as already covered, Bulls, heifers, horses, and mules dont kick Texans, i am in my 60s, rode horses before walked, war vet, paranoid old vet, call myself Texan, ... so "biz city guy" want to remind me i am not a Texan due to i was not "born" here? Oh while i was a USN USMC Corpsman i out shot all of my units Marines, except one the Sniper who woldnt let me use his fancy rifle (i didnt tell him i had no idea what those dials on the scope was for). Am i a Texan? True Texans ... ride, shoot, lose a battle (hint Alamo, and not car rental) and call it a legend. Just as people not from the USA can become citizens of same properly, people who also can show how to be a Texan to be one via knowing why Texas is Texas. Agree those who are winter Texans ... have ever been to panhandle Amarillo and north during the winter? Snow birds usually go to FL. Just like once a Marine always a Marine even Corpsmen ... once a true Texan always a Texan. Cant be born a Marine, sadly many born a texan arnt. Not mad at ur statement, Texans teach mentor, like "bless your heart" if a Texan that statement to a Texan (southen states) is perk ur ears and take a quick look at ur self, but not Texan (or of a southern state) is a Gibbs (NCIS etc) slap until they leave, or their head is shaped ready for a Stetson. So get rid of your briefcase and pocket protector for a while ... go to a small TX town with folks not city biz types ... put on a stetson and ride until u are bowlegged, then go visit those TX cities to see if they are going purple.

​@@sarahlaughedcoachingwhats with 😢 u upset or feelings hurt? Sorry, am old guy and emojis confuse me. Hard to tell if u dont like charlies note or upset like he is with those coming to Texas and dont want to be Texans? Emojis only is like archiologists arguing what egyptian pictograph is saying? Like that man is holding a lion, the other says no that man is holding his lion costume. So is the guy really big to hold a lion, or did the actor of the lion in the wizord of oz (not dr oz, the movie) go back in time, or did they try to make the movie in egypt and was too hot?

DO NOT WORRY ABOUT ME.... I WOULD NEVER EVER !!!

@@user-rg4mt2ww8t Texas is the 6th highest in the nation for high property taxes.

Because there's no state income tax.

@@04straw No, MF, we would have the highest property taxes in the United States as well as a state income tax if it's left up to Liberal Marxists like you.

@04straw at least when you retire in States like California, you don't have a state income tax anymore. In Texas the property taxes follow you to the Grave and still haunt you.

@lauradoyal3819 I, unfortunately, live in okie-homa, and I still have to pay state income taxes even though I'm retired. I know it's more expensive to live in Texas, but it's home. I guess I'm like a salmon, trying to get back to where I was born.

We are gonna have to leave bc these freaks keep moving here..... They are turning our state blue

No plans to ever move?

Same here. I wouldn't move out of Texas.

Military and can’t wait to get back home. We were lucky to at least have 3 years in Dallas for recruiter duty. We are in Georgia now and it’s just not the same. Trying to keep my Texas state of mind ❤

Not living there (see post above) but will be buried in family plot E of Dallas or in hubby's family plot near Smithville. Both families go back to the late 1800s so we're not newcomers to the state, just will be coming home to our permanent resting place.

Decriminalized up to 4 oz.

They only enforce weed laws in hick towns

❤️‍🩹Central TX - all that lovely area west of I-35 is getting sucked dry by rapid growth like elsewhere in the southwest. Droughts can last a very long time in the common 100°+ summers🌵

More true now I’m sure, but decades ago, Kerrville & Fredericksburg were already ranked as great places for retirees

It should be called: next-tier cities after DFW, Houston, San Antonio/Austin.

Hello. Thanka for that insight. I would like to move there with my family. My wife is a teacher What place do you recommend?

It also helps to speak fluent spanish,be hispanic/ mexican and understand the Tejano culture. Lots of insects. Very hot humid summers too.

Move know your constitution rights, you don't give your ID unless you are arrested. Been to Round Rock and Austin. Both cities are overated, cannot go dinner for under 60 dollars. Breakfast 25 2 40 dollars. Forget no state income tax, that's overated lower property taxes. Then you have Samsung and Tesla draws talent. Gotta pay to play anymore.

Don’t blame people seeking a better quality of life blame the greedy law makers who raise the prices

Having worked and lived in Texas my entire life I could never get over McAllen. There unless you speak mezican, you have to point at your menu at Pizza Hut because they can't understand English.

@@anonymousmeme8458 I don't even go shopping anymore, I shop online.

I have lived in Fort Worth for 18 years and never had a single experience with a clerk that couldn’t speak English. Yes, property taxes are high but Texas doesn’t have any income tax so that shouldn’t be any surprise.

womp womp

@@marvingilbertson8022 there sure is a problem now, last Christmas I couldn't find one floor person at Kohls, Walmart and JCPenney that understood English. Frustrated I went home and did my Christmas shopping online and have been shopping online since. It really started getting bad when the Democrats opened the border.

Saying the Lord's name like that is bad manners.

My rural 5 acres in the Rio Grande Valley costs less than $500 a year property taxes, because only a half acre of it is considered residential. I can't complain about $350/year property taxes. Just move to the country. The problem is school taxes which can push $1000/yr.

You pay NO state income tax.

The tax rate has NOTHING to do with Californians moving here but everything to do with the sorry republican run state government.

@@jefferyrightmire9520 Even with the income tax in Arkansas, the property taxes are so much less here that it is still far cheaper than in Texas.

It's right by the border,and it's high in crime with cartels

@@susanasalinas8797 the illegals are just passing through and are at the downtown bus station. (you never see them in the city) the cartels are in Mexico and Brownsville/McAllen were just named one of the safest places to live in Texas.

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NO NO NO PLZ DONT COME TO LUBBOCK OR ANYWHERE IN WEST TEXAS!!!! PLZ PLZ STAY AWAY!!!!

Thanks for your insight!

He was obviously sticking with "small metros," not suburbs or exurbs. Not surprising that nothing East of Waco made it (and Waco is a big college town.) East Texas is pretty expensive in relation to low wages. (Tyler/Longview/Marshall/Lufkin, ect...)

Brownsville is one of the safest cities in Texas and the natural land barrier that is SPI redirects most hurricanes north or south.

Thanks!

The cost of living rises and falls with the price of oil. The oil patch economy swings wildly.

Yeah, as a native Texan, 9 out of these 10 cities, I would NEVER want to live.

Thank You!

@@marilynkwilliams6583 my pleasure.

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Have to visit El Paso lately, booming and beautiful landscape, and even if 70% population is mexican descendant surprisingly everybody is bilingual. EP is up and coming, not affordable for long.

We'll see what we can come up with🤔

😂😂😂

Honestly the last hurricane was in 2017. 3 major ones in over 100years. You act like everyone is living on the water. 😆

@@orion1204 true, her post made me laugh.

Exactly my thoughts! And I've always called Wichita Falls the armpit of Texas.

If you like watching grass grow.

Better remember brownsville is on the open boarder. I love that town, but most who i know are working in moving out including spanish americans. Reason housing is low.

@@dead2selfShema The open boarder? Like someone who openly boards and airplane?

@@tritosac sadly we havnt had open boarding on "an" airplane since 9/11? Understand trying to do a word pun? Brownsville Democrat Mayor is upset with Biden boarder. I was a travel RN in Brownsville, made friends, most of them have moved out, some lost $$$ house sales, most of the others i know there are tryng to find a job before moving out, but even Hospitals, clinics etc are downsizing. So, please go visit Brownsville via open boarding if u can find an airport that does so. Unless u mean going up to airline ticket agent and ask for a ticket, and they say where to?, u reply surprise me. They may still have that type of open boarding.

If you don't mind being surrounded by illegals, high crime,and cartels

What's a 15 minute City?

@@gabrielort3531 Just the ancient city planning concept found everywhere in the world where amenities (work, school, shopping, parks, etc.) are walkable/ bikeable within 15-20 min’s. It’s very humane but skyrocketing rents & housing is NOT. Always happens & just goes to show this arrangement is always in high demand but low supply.

Yeah, that's why most in Waco are moving to China Springs, Hewitt, Woodway, McGregor naming a few.

Cameron Zoo is awesome, for a small zoo.

Why do its residents refer to it as wacko?

No one pays min wage in Texas unless it is some nowhere small town at the Dairy Queen.

but it;s still 7.85 @@robertstout260

No state taxes

There definitely IS sales tax in Texas. I believe it's 8.25%.

No sales tax on food.

Texas is a big state.

I guess you forget that Texas was mostly a Democratic state until the 1990’s. That is when it started becoming Republican.

That was the plan.

Thank goodness there's more dems moving here! Wish you'd convince the rest of the tRumptards to leave with you. Good riddance!

Yes plz don't come

@@charliechurch5004 The question is why are Texans coming to Idaho, we don't want you either.

They're so fun

we got soy of hurricane too so pleas don’t come and stay safe

@@blinkytran Is there actually a line to enter Texas? I mean besides the one at the border🤣