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Cost of living in Del Rio, Texas

Del Rio, Texas has about 34,668 people. Typical rent is $895 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $66,158 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #50 in Texas on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $895 a month.

Del Rio is a city in Texas. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $66,158 a year.

People
34,668
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$895
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$66,158
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$160,400
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,119
Val Verde County, TX
Gas
$3.889
Texas, week of October 12, 2026

Del Rio, Texas has about 34,668 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $160,400.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Val Verde County is $1,119 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Del Rio. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Texas's prices sit at 97.1 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Texas does not tax wages. A typical combined sales tax is 8.2% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Del Rio's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Texas home paid 15.88¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Del Rio's bill.

For the week of October 12, 2026, EIA's all-grades gasoline price in Texas was $3.889 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $1,866.72 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Texas shares this price.

Among 885 places we list in Texas with a rent figure, 662 have higher typical rent than Del Rio.

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EBT nearby

USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.