Laredo, TX
Laredo, TX Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Laredo, TX Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Laredo ranks 259th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 274th for income. A household earns $60,580 a year while median rent runs $1,056/mo, making it expensive relative to what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 13% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is hazard safety (11th of 300), while health is the soft spot (298th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 63rd and home prices 36th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you in Laredo, your take-home is worth about $70,511 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
- 274th of 300↑8%$60,580
- 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.
- 17th of 30087 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $69,667
- Per-capita income
- $25,893
- Full-time pay
- $35,305
Housing
- Median rent
- 63rd of 300↑23.5%$1,056/mo
- Home value
- 36th of 300↑42.7%$207,100
- Property tax
- $3,586/yr · 1.7%
- Sales tax
- 8.20%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 29th of 3003%
- Bachelor's+
- 271st of 30023.3%
- Avg commute
- 75th of 30022.1 min
People
- Population
- 272,823
- Population change
- -1.4%
- Median age
- 30.4 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 23.5%
- Broadband
- 92.8%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 141st of 30045
- Natural-hazard loss
- 11th of 300$7/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 298th of 30032%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 36.3%
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
- + Rent
- + Home prices
- + Job market
- + Commute
- + Hazard safety
Watch-outs
- – Affordability
- – Household income
- – Education
- – Health
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — laredo intl ap.
What jobs pay in Laredo
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $227,450
- IT managers
- $127,870
- Lawyers
- $125,900
- Pharmacists
- $125,060
- Financial managers
- $121,140
- Software developers
- $111,450
- Police officers
- $81,690
- General & operations managers
- $78,640
- Registered nurses
- $77,050
- Civil engineers
- $76,620
- Secondary school teachers
- $64,970
- Accountants & auditors
- $63,410
- Elementary school teachers
- $61,310
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $49,010
- Plumbers
- $46,350
- Electricians
- $46,140
- Carpenters
- $41,540
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $36,700
- Customer service reps
- $34,420
- Construction laborers
- $33,740
- Janitors
- $28,500
- Retail salespersons
- $27,530
- Cashiers
- $26,970
- Waiters & waitresses
- $22,020
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 Laredo 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.
- Virginia208
- Georgia85
- Massachusetts76
- California75
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Laredo metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Laredo metro?
- Median gross rent across the Laredo, TX Metro Area is $1,056 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Laredo.
- What is the median household income in the Laredo metro?
- A typical household in the Laredo, TX Metro Area earns $60,580 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Laredo expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Laredo, TX Metro Area runs about 13% 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 Laredo metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $69,667 (versus its face value of $60,580). CityLedger rates the Laredo, TX Metro Area expensive for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Laredo metro?
- The median home value across the Laredo, TX Metro Area is $207,100 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Laredo metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Laredo, TX Metro Area is 3% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).