Pay and cost of living in Howard County, TX
Across the 3 occupations we cover in Howard County, TX, the middle median salary is $57,190 a year. Pay runs from $25,590 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $90,280 for General and Operations Managers, a spread of $64,690. Wages come from the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Howard County, TX has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $954 a month and a two-bedroom $1,217. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $18,515 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $47,597 a year, and every one of the 3 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in Howard County, TX
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Howard County, TX, set beside the Texas and national medians.
Median household income in Howard County, TX is $69,649, 11% below the Texas median of $78,476 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($11,448) equals 16.4% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $57,190, is 18% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Howard County, TX pay a median of $1,480 a year in real estate taxes, 65% below the Texas median of $4,232. With a median home value of $155,600, 45% below the Texas median of $283,800, the ratio of the two medians is 0.95% a year.
Renters in Howard County, TX pay a median gross rent of $1,034 a month in the Census survey, 26% below the Texas median of $1,403. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $954; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Howard County, TX who travel to a workplace spend an average of 21.7 minutes each way, 19% below the Texas average of 26.7. 3.0% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.