El Paso, TX · the CityFunIndex

Affordability in El Paso

El Paso ranks #90 of 134 US cities for affordability, with a affordability score of 33Some Fun. That puts it in the 34th percentile nationally and #10 of 13 in Texas.

affordability score
33
Some Fun
National rank
#90 of 134
In Texas
#10 of 13
Percentile
34th

The typical city scores 50 for affordability; El Paso sits 17 points below the median.

How affordability is measured

Cost of living and housing pressure on residents.

The affordability score is the flip side of our economic strain measure — 100 minus the raw economic strain score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment, HUD Fair Market Rent and US Census median income plus poverty rate.

Ranked around El Paso

  1. T#87 Corpus Christi, TX 35
  2. #89 St. Petersburg, FL 34
  3. #90 El Paso, TX — this page 33
  4. T#91 Bakersfield, CA 32
  5. T#91 Birmingham, AL 32

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Top US cities for affordability

  1. #1 Bismarck, ND 100
  2. #2 Sioux Falls, SD 99
  3. T#3 Billings, MT 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Portland, ME 97

More about El Paso

El Paso scores 28 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: