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Cost of living in Homestead Meadows South, Texas

Homestead Meadows South, Texas has about 6,660 people. Typical rent is $865 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $49,327 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 #106 in Texas on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $865 a month.

Homestead Meadows South is a Census community, not a separate city government in Texas. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $49,327 a year.

People
6,660
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$865
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$49,327
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$173,500
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,146
El Paso, TX HUD Metro FMR Area
Gas
$3.889
Texas, week of October 12, 2026

Homestead Meadows South, Texas has about 6,660 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $173,500.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in El Paso County is $1,146 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Homestead Meadows South. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the El Paso, TX metro area, prices sit at 89.9 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Texas does not tax wages. A typical combined sales tax is 8.2% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Homestead Meadows South'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 Homestead Meadows South'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, 698 have higher typical rent than Homestead Meadows South.

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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.