Top 10 Affordable, Fun, and Safe Places to Retire in Texas! 

I’ve been in Texas 67 years. NO!! There is not room for anyone from the East coast or California!! We’re all full. In the past 7 years, I have watched thousands of acres in south Texas be demolished to put in housing and strip malls. All the people moving here from other states, not to mention those coming across our southern border - ILLEGALLY. It’s horrific to watch.

Native Texan here in my home town of Burleson it used to be a small safe fun town with a bunch of fields my buddy’s and I would take off on our dirt bikes and 4 wheelers and have a blast sadly there’s now homes and apartments on the pastures we would ride on Respectfully we are full there’s 49 other states to move to

If you want to retire in Texas, forget about any of the big congested cities like Dallas and Houston with the worst traffic ever. Think about a small town or better yet out in the country near a small town. Get a small piece of land with a modest home. I mean small. Maybe then the taxes won’t be to bad and you won’t have a large place to maintain when you are older.

WARM WEATHER 😂 - I’m 75 & retired. Moved to north of Dallas from New Jersey. Great move. One good thing about the area is it’s central location to the rest of the country. Easy access by air to any place you want to go. But be honest, Texas has two seasons, HOT & HOTTER. 🤠

Texas is full. But I hear California has room

Traffic in Dallas is an absolute NIGHTMARE!!

I lived in Dallas for a year after I graduated from college. I would not wish that ordeal on my worst enemy. I cannot name one good thing about Dallas.

Sure glad she didn’t mention the real best places to live (hint: they aren’t major cities).

A good geographical tour of the State of Texas. 'Despite the warm weather......', Replace 'warm' with 'hot/humid'

McAllen....have you lost your mind

Thank you for. mentioning Aransas Pass, no heavy traffic or freeways.. Yes its a great place to chill with low population and the fishing is awesome, along with other water activities and lots of places to dine or take out, Clean town with no trash and no Tent Cities! .. All the necessities we need are. just a skip hop away! It's my hometown, and I love it here..

Kerrville is NORTHwest of San Antone; not southwest.

The only bad thing about living in Texas is August. Of course it starts in June and doesn't end until October

My wife and I retired to Granbury (GB) from Midland, Texas. I'd like to add a bit more information about Granbury. First, it is much closer to Ft. Worth than Dallas. There are several local shuttle services that can take you from your front door to either DFW Int'l airport or Dallas Love Field for a modest cost. I use the shuttle a lot to avoid driving in the busy DFW traffic and dealing with parking my car at the airport. Second, this place has been "discovered" and is growing fast. Housing prices are up and if you want to live on the water, add about 500k to the sales price. Third, the population of Granbury is much larger that the City Limit total. the city Limits of GB is fairly small and when you take in all the adjacent subdivisions in the county the population is more like 40,000 (in my opinion). Fourth, the city and county leaders were forward thinking when they negotiated to bring in two air ambulance helos. Each home in Hood County pays $1.00 per month on their water bill. This covers the cost (above what the insurance company doesn't pay) for any family member that is air flighted to a major hospital.

I visited Texas a few times and loved it there…

I live in San Marcos (7 yrs) and have lived in Houston (22+ yrs); Corpus Christi (6 yrs) and San Antonio (3 yrs). San Marcos has gotten expensive and will probably relocate in 3-4 for retirement. When we retire we will consider location to relatives ( in Texas & Mexico) airport access and in our case land for gardening. Near San Marcos Lockhart and Luling are lower cost areas than SM while Bastrop would be ideal but it’s gotten very expensive. I think Victoria is a low cost area that would be a good option. Also Mineral Wells is very inexpensive. Fredericksburg is ridiculously expensive. One important factor to consider is Joel owners insurance rates. Anything along the coast will have high insurance. When I lived in a Houston if you live in Harris County you could get home owners insurance. If you live in Galveston you have to be get insurance through the state supported windstorm insurance pool. If I were to retire near Houston it would be north probably between Cleveland and Livingston to be reasonably close to IAH. Lufkin is also a good option.

This video is only for native Texans. Not all you out of staters coming here and ruining TX

Kerrville is 60 miles NORTHwest of San Antonio. It's a beautiful town nestled in the Texas Hill Country. Personally, I recommend Schertz, Selma, Garden Ridge, and New Braunfels.

Texas seems to be the best state of all the United States of America, I think...

Great video with great information. Thank you for sharing.

I live in Texas, and it's getting expensive to live here. I live on the north part of Houston. We are thinking of moving to some place in Asia.

If you like seeing lots of new things within a day's drive, Texas is not the place. Notice, too, all the really worthwhile hill country towns are getting discovered, price-wise.

Texarkana is the best

No income tax, but everything else is taxed unbelievably. Property taxes are horrible and even food prices are a culture shock.

I would put Fort Worth in place of Dallas. It is less expensive, less hectic, and has less crime. It has most, if not all, of the same amenities that Dallas has in addition to some things Dallas doesn't have. Plus, if you live in Fort Worth you aren't far from Dallas if you want to go there.

Super helpful video, thank you. Coming from Philly as well, I think Kerrville sounds just perfect. I have 7 years to decide but it’s top of the list so far :)

Dallas PD is a 1000 officers understaffed. With response times for even violent crimes exceeding 20 minutes. Car insurance, home owners insurance, and property taxes quickly eliminate any savings from no income tax. 2 of the worst stretches of highway in the USA are in Dallas; 30 and 35. Dallas is a TERRIBLE place to retire.

I prefer Brownsville, TX than McAllen in RGV. It’s cheaper and closer to South Padre Island than McAllen.

San Antonio!

Did my town of San Angelo even come up during research for this video? Cool video though!

We used to live in one of the many suburbs of Dallas. I wouldn't be caught dead living anywhere near the metroplex. Traffic is awful. And the metroplex is light years from any significant outdoor recreation opportunities, owing to the fact that there are no publicly available, large spaces, like national parks, forests, or large bodies of water; north Texas is almost entirely private land. And State government does not invest much in state parks. This video, mercifully, failed to mention the Texas city/town where our family lives now, a terrific place for retirees that has not yet been "discovered".

I am retired 67 and living in Kerrville. While it is affordable, fun and safe, I must recommend that you study a little more for your presentation. You suggested Kerrville is 60 miles SOUTHWEST of San Antonio. The fact is if you go 57 miles Southwest of San Antonio, you would be near the middle of Pearsall TX. Kerrville is about 65 miles from courthouse to courthouse from San Antonio quite a bit more like NORTHWEST. Your audience would figure this out upon arrival in Texas. Some of the towns you mentioned are high affluent pretentious towns much too close to the larger cities. El Paso has it's charms, but I wouldn't live there if it was free. It's too close to the border and too many people only speak broken English. It hardly gets any rain during the year and for me that's a problem. I've known people like myself that moved to the Hill Country only to find that we are allergic to a species of Juniper called Mountain Cedar. It is one of the few trees which pollenate in the winter. From about the 7th of December until the middle of February, my nasal passages are blocked and I may as well be living under water or peanut Butter. There is some theories Mountan Cedar trees were introduced by the Bureau of Land Management in the late 1800's or early 1900's. The Bureaucrats came out here and found the hills were eroding when it did rain. The tree is one of the only trees known to be able to grow out from the side of a terrain like hills. They are prolific in their expansion. When they pollenate, it can look like yellow thick smoke blowing off the trees. Much of the beauty of the Hill Country is plagued with drought and floods. Tornado Ally begins quite north of Interstate I-10. So, Kerrville is too far west from the coast to think of hurricanes as a threat. And it's too far south to worry about tornadoes. A tornado could develop but it would not stay on the ground long because of the hills. Low lying areas are prone to rain during heavy rains which are not too common. I suspect you didn't grow up in Texas by the choices you made to present in your video. But the truth is any small town is great in Texas. And they all have their faults and the towns close to the bigger cities can be expensive and over crowded. The evil and crime stats in cities has become concentrated and magnified because of overrunning populations. It's nice to be able to walk or ride a bike through town without rush hour traffic and for people to smile at you and greet you in a store. I can't believe it took me so long to get out of the city.

She mentions that there is no state income tax but fails to mention that property taxes have sky rocketed here in the last few years. Minor detail. I would rather have a state income tax and low property taxes. I make less than $100k/ year but own a property that the appraisal district says has a market value of $705k (!)

Can you make a video similar but for military retirees? Really enjoy this video.

Hot hot hot. I lived near Las Colinas which is a sub of Dallas. All of it is so expensive. I paid $900 a month for 3bed in the late 80’s when rent was 300-400. And freakin hot. Now I was used to 100 degree weather but they’re like 115 and I made the mistake of going from hotel room from car 15 ft away and the bottom of my feet blistered. It literally took my breath away

Thank you gorgeous beautiful 🥰💐 for the info 😍

Great location for Tornado watching, in Tornado Alley, super high property taxes.

I bought my retirement home in Rockport, TX, and will be down there full time in 2 years.

Check out videos on the Granbury tornado of a few years ago.

I'm sure I'm not the only one, but I don't have time to read 189 comments. It's BURN-et, not bur-NET. But you're from Philly so you get a pass.

I thought Reynosa was across the border from McAllen. Progresso, I thought, was in the Yucatan.

I wasn’t born in Texas, but I asked my daughters, if it wasn’t too much trouble, bury me in Texas.

I retired in Hudspeth County and then in El Paso county.

El Paso has an awesome culture

Dallas has 4 segments of I-35 that have together over 500 deaths per year. Houston has a segment of I-45 that has over 144 deaths average per year. 😢

How about the state tax for the retirement and inheritance ?

What about Lubbock? Did you miss it ?

Instead of getting prices, safety and affordability I got a history lesson

Why is Granbury on this list? It's high priced homes, very high crime and limited housing options should not make it a retirement option.

No state tax but they make up for it in property taxes. The property taxes in Texas are astronomical.

One problem with retirement in Texas is that health care ranks 45th in the country for quality of care !

Admiral Nimitz was born in Fredericksburg

Kerrville is Northwest of San Antonio. I live here

It’s not affordable when it comes to property taxes and homeowners insurance…

Note to ALL, don't take it from a transplant as to where to retire to in Texas. As a native I see some of her selections as some of THE LAST places I would move to/retire to! She has chosen some pretty noisy and crowded locations. NO THANK YOU! P.S. This lady is terribly directionally challenged.

I would love to retire around Toledo Bend Resivor. What's the best town. I'm a fisherman! 😄 🎣

DFW is a dump. The traffic alone should tell you to stay away. The best and one of the most affordable places to retire would be on Padre Island outside of Corpus Christi.

What about Brownsville?

What about Rockport?

so what do you know about texas if you were not born here ?

Kerville is sixty miles north west of san antonio

Nice video. I’m a resident of Austin & like you I grew up in Philly (Chester Co). I ride a lot out in Hill country and also lived in SA and S Padre Isl.

Did they move Kerrville?

Is Aransas Pass really more dangerous than 96% of American cities? I don't think that you are saying that right.

Kerrville is North West of San Antonio

El Paso...Sun City? 🤔 That's dumb! Especially seeing how there actually is a Sun City, Texas.

You misspelled Granbury.

I’ve always heard Austin and San Antonio

Why are so many houses for sale currently in McAllen ? What has changed in a year….?

you mentioned dallas but not Fort Worth, OMG - way better than dallas.

Nitpick: You misstated the crime rate every time. Kerrville's "47% safer than the average" doesn't mean it's "safer than almost half the other U.S. cities." It means the crime rate is 47% lower than the *average* (middle) U.S. city. That would be *much lower* than half the U.S. cities.

Texas seems like a great place to retire with affordability, fun, and safety in mind.

Michigan

Big cities should be a no no

You should check how to pronounce the names of the towns you're promoting - BEFORE you do your mip mo%m ?

Abilene not on the list, really?

Don't think TX is a suitable retirement state if you are tight on money. The property tax is brutal. Above 8% sales tax, home insurance is very high. Albeit there is no income tax, but that would be good if you have high income, otherwise really not appealing to a retiree.

We are from San Antonio. Nice city and nice state. Veteran friendly. Hot and humid in summer. Fine in winter. Medical care sucks however. Maybe Dallas and Houston are okay. Dunno. Same with public schools. I recommend Texas for many reasons. California people can turn around and take their woke culture with them.

Property tax and home insurance are going higher and higher.

“5% safer than the average” and “safer than 5% of other cities” are two different things … and being safer than 5% of other cities basically means that it is the safest out of 5% most dangerous cities. Which means it must feel like a shooting range.

Dallas has the Tex-Mex food, not El Paso! Real Mexican food is on the border

Don't retire in Texas. Don't move here. Please come visit us in the winter. Summers are now miserable. it was 96º here today and it is only May, not to mention that the humidity was unbearable. I have lived here for 30 years. Loved it. Now I'm looking to migrate to cooler regions and I hate the cold. Used to think of moving to Florida. Check out home insurance prices and summer temperatures there. Texas, between the grid, hurricanes, the deep freeze, and the recent storms in Houston where I live, be prepared to spend big bucks on a whole house generator syster, unless you can stand to be without AC and/or refrigeration for food for multiple days in a row... in the heat of summer or in the winter cold. Done them all and now have a generator. I'm more that ready to get the hell out of here. Two daughters in college here in Texas is the only thing holding me back. If you are young, be smart, move north, not south!

Mild winter 🙄

Lucky husband, hit the jackpot with her...

The Taxes issue… when placed with Property, School, County and sales taxes…the income tax delta isn’t much of an issue for individuals - now…for businesses…yes. I’ve been in North Texas since the mid ‘70s and have seen an incredible increase in population. A shame the politics have become filled with so much hate from the “right”.

selenaville has the best hood. nw corpus christi best food and good concerts, hockey, baseball

The way crime rates are described here is inconsistent and confusing.

Is having ‘your own army’ really a selling point.

You start with Texas For Retirees then state in your first sentence:There’s No Income Tax: Honey, Retirees Don’t Work!!!

Kerrville is on the northwest, not the southwest of San Antonio.

Some of the information in this video given is completely inaccurate! Kerrville is not 60 miles southwest of San Antonio at all! It's 60 miles northwest of San Antonio! And it's not Grandbury, it's GRANBURY! additionally, she failed to mention it's within 30 mins from Fort Worth and just mentioned it being 1 hour from Dallas, which it's not. It's actually 1 hour and 25 mins from Dallas. I don't trust any info in this video, considering they don't know the geography and names of towns being narrated, which is totally wrong!

I'm sorry, but you disqualified yourself when you put Dallas on the list. Traffic is a nightmare. Cost of living is very high. It is not a peaceful place. Toll roads are sprouting up everywhere. Why would a retiree want to mess with that? No way!

It’s Burnet, durn it- NOT Burnett. Now you know how to pronounce it

😳….. First you are one hot financial ceo 🥰 Second; you got to b kidding me, Dallas??😳, El Paso 💩? MCALLEN 🙄? I live in Houston and neither is a good place to retire. What about small towns like Huntsville, temple, Athens, Palestine, Palo Alto…..etc…… 😎

# 1 should be - "cost of living" - so any of the big cities are out of contention ! --- A 20% below the national average would be desirable ? --- I'm not at all impressed with Texas - anywhere - for ideal retirement. Cost of living puts most of them as too expensive in most cases. If your not fairly wealthy it would suck. --?-- Seems to me places like Ecudor Cambodia or the Philippines would be much better than Biden's increasingly inflationary America ? > Many retires face homelessness or having to work into their 70's - again - in - '''Biden's America'''. --?-- Texas offers very little for those people.

I'm from Philly and live in Dallas..🦅🦅🦅🦅 Eagles for Life

Texas? NFW.

Please stop telling people to move to Texas!! We are full. Not enough water in the hill company for the people that live here now!!

Gina Carano does real estate

Any Indians are welcome ?