Beaumont, TX
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Beaumont ranks 225th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 236th for income. A household earns $65,775 a year while median rent runs $1,134/mo, making it expensive relative to what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 10% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is home prices (18th of 300), while education is the soft spot (287th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 107th and home prices 18th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you in Beaumont, your take-home is worth about $68,091 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 236th of 300↑11.8%$65,775
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 57th of 30090 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $73,046
- Per-capita income
- $33,621
- Full-time pay
- $42,066
Housing
- Median rent
- 107th of 300↑27%$1,134/mo
- Home value
- 18th of 300↑47%$181,700
- Property tax
- $2,245/yr · 1.2%
- Sales tax
- 8.20%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 279th of 3006.8%
- Bachelor's+
- 287th of 30020.6%
- Avg commute
- 139th of 30023.9 min
People
- Population
- 398,733
- Population change
- +1.6%
- Median age
- 38.1 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 9%
- Broadband
- 93%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 266th of 30054
- Natural-hazard loss
- 244th of 300$21/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 272nd of 30023.9%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 17.2%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Cost of living
- + Home prices
Watch-outs
- – Affordability
- – Household income
- – Job market
- – Education
- – Air quality
- – Hazard safety
- – Health
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — port arthur se tx rgnl ap.
What jobs pay in Beaumont
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $249,990
- IT managers
- $154,070
- Financial managers
- $149,360
- Pharmacists
- $137,570
- Lawyers
- $131,680
- Software developers
- $124,470
- General & operations managers
- $97,470
- Civil engineers
- $95,510
- Registered nurses
- $81,180
- Police officers
- $78,450
- Accountants & auditors
- $76,680
- Secondary school teachers
- $63,210
- Plumbers
- $62,220
- Electricians
- $61,380
- Elementary school teachers
- $60,260
- Carpenters
- $58,290
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $54,900
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $45,210
- Construction laborers
- $44,240
- Customer service reps
- $37,980
- Janitors
- $31,490
- Retail salespersons
- $29,810
- Cashiers
- $28,730
- Waiters & waitresses
- $22,400
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Beaumont metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Texas are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Louisiana1,724
- California1,117
- Florida258
- North Carolina195
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Beaumont metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Beaumont metro?
- Median gross rent across the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area is $1,134 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Beaumont.
- What is the median household income in the Beaumont metro?
- A typical household in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area earns $65,775 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Beaumont expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area runs about 10% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Beaumont metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $73,046 (versus its face value of $65,775). CityLedger rates the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area expensive for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Beaumont metro?
- The median home value across the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area is $181,700 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Beaumont metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area is 6.8% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).