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El Paso, TX

Fit score

Good match

at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.

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After estimated taxes in TX, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,412 — covering estimated essentials here (about $859 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $2,133 left over.

Expect summer highs near 96°F, winter lows around 34°F, and about 297 sunny days a year.

Home prices are within reach relative to local pay — the median home ($190,000) is about 3.5× the median household income.

Tradeoff: the local job market is softer than most on this list (4.2% unemployment).

AFFORD 100HOUSIN 89JOBS 40SAFETY 87CLIMAT 92AMENIT 46

The El Paso fit print

Est. monthly cost

$3,279/mo

Typical rent

$1,010/mo

Home value ÷ income

3.5×

Score breakdown

Affordability
100
Housing
89
Jobs
40
Safety
87
Climate
92
Amenities
46

The data behind the score

Money (Census ACS · HUD)

Median gross rent
$940/mo
HUD fair market rent (2BR)
$1,010/mo
Median home value
$190,000
Median household income
$55,000
Population
678,000

Work (BLS)

Unemployment rate
4.2%
Job growth (1yr)
1.4%

Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)

Violent crime rate
350
Property crime rate
1,700

Climate (NOAA normals)

Avg. summer high
96°F
Avg. winter low
34°F
Sunny days / year
297
Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
≈54/yr
Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
≈10/yr
Unhealthy air days
≈22/yr
Annual rain
9"
Annual snow
3"

Community & access (approx.)

2024 county margin
D+13
Int'l airport
≈7 mi
Walkability
41/100
Disaster risk
30/100
Buying instead of renting? Texas's effective property tax runs about 1.58% of home value per year (≈$250/mo on the median $190,000 home). Our affordability score is rent-based, so this isn't double-counted.
A citywide number is an average. Rent, safety, and everything else vary block by block — treat these figures as a starting point and research specific neighborhoods before committing.

Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.

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