Tom Green County · Texas · South · 100k residents
San Angelo, TX: cost of living, taxes & quality of life
Residential facts for San Angelo: housing, taxes, monthly costs, climate, schools, and household income, with the Texas median as the yardstick. Compare it live against any of 3,000 US cities.
Data coverage: ACS place data; supplementary fields may use state estimates.
The acs median home value in San Angelo is $187,600, 27% below the Texas median. A two-bedroom rents for about $1,187/mo. Day-to-day costs index at 84 against a national baseline of 100. The median household here earns $65,864 a year.
What the numbers show
Source-confirmed findings- Housing value: The ACS median home value in San Angelo is $187,600, 26.9% below the median for ACS-covered places in Texas.
- Household income: Median household income is $65,864, 12.8% below the median for ACS-covered places in Texas.
- Adult education: 24.7% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher, 16% below the median for ACS-covered places in Texas.
- Home value to income: The ACS median home value is about 2.8 times median household income. This is a comparison measure, not a mortgage qualification or affordability promise.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates(2024 ACS 5-year; tables B01003, B15003, B19013, B25077). Geography: Census place where available. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
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What makes this place distinctive
A factual snapshot of the place, based on the profile data. It is not a tourism or cultural claim.
A researched local story is not published for this city yet. The signals below are the verified profile context.
- Scale: A mid-sized city with a population between 50,000 and 250,000 in the profile data.
- Setting: The profile places San Angelo about 152 miles from the nearest tracked lake.
- Climate signal: The profile records 230 sunny days.
- Daily pace: The profile records a walk score of 34 and an average commute of 27 minutes.
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Compare San Angelo side by side
Cost of living index
84
ACS median home value
$187,600
2-bedroom rent
$1,187/mo
Median household income
$65,864
Housing momentum
How fast San Angelo's housing market is moving, ranked against the US cities we track.
55/100
Steady
Ranks San Angelo's home-price and rent growth against the US cities we cover. The label is relative pace, not a direction, so a market can rank low while some figures still rise. A higher score moves faster, it is not cheaper or better. Not investment or relocation advice.
Adjusted by San Angelo's cost-of-living index versus the US average.
| ACS median home value | $187,600 |
| Price per sq. ft. | $170 |
| Property tax rate | 1.68% |
| 1-bedroom rent | $893/mo |
| 2-bedroom rent | $1,187/mo |
| State & local income tax | 0% |
| Sales tax | 8.2% |
| Cost of living index | 84 |
| Groceries index | 96 |
| Utilities | $185/mo |
| Transit pass | $96/mo |
| Gas price | $2.90/gal |
| Healthcare index | 96 |
| Childcare (per child) | $1,000/mo |
| Median household income | $65,864 |
| Unemployment rate | 4% |
| Population | 100k |
| Crime index | 50/100 |
| School rating | 5.5/10 |
| Walkability | 34/100 |
| Disaster risk | 77/100 |
| Avg. commute | 27 min |
| Sunny days / year | 230 days |
| July high | 97°F |
| January low | 34°F |
| Annual snowfall | — |
| Home price YoY | +0.2% |
| Home price MoM | -2.5% |
| Rent YoY | +5.8% |
| Rent MoM | +0.4% |
| Ocean coast | 306 mi |
| Big lake | 152 mi |
| Mountains | 226 mi |
| Major airport | 170 mi |
| Ski resort | 337 mi |
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Real listings in San Angelo
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- What is the cost of living in San Angelo, TX?
- San Angelo indexes at 84 for day-to-day costs against a national baseline of 100, with a typical two-bedroom renting for $1,187/mo and a acs median home value of $187,600.
- How much does a house cost in San Angelo?
- The acs median home value in San Angelo is $187,600, 27% below the Texas median (Census ACS estimate; individual listings vary).
- How much is rent in San Angelo?
- A two-bedroom in San Angelo rents for about $1,187/mo.