Cost of living in Levelland, Texas
Levelland, Texas has about 12,466 people. Typical rent is $846 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $58,000 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 #18 in Texas on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $846 a month.
Levelland is a city in Texas. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $58,000 a year.
- People
- 12,466
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $846
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $58,000
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $140,400
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,014
- Hockley County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area
- Gas
- $3.889
- Texas, week of October 12, 2026
Levelland, Texas has about 12,466 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $140,400.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Hockley County is $1,014 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Levelland. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Lubbock, TX metro area, prices sit at 91.3 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 Levelland'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 Levelland'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, 716 have higher typical rent than Levelland.
Nearby places
- Sundown
Typical rent $675
Compare with Levelland - Wolfforth
Typical rent $1,674
Compare with Levelland - Shallowater
Typical rent $1,202
Compare with Levelland - Littlefield
Typical rent $1,059
Compare with Levelland - Morton
Typical rent $687
Compare with Levelland - Lubbock
Typical rent $1,182
Compare with Levelland - Brownfield
Typical rent $811
Compare with Levelland - Abernathy
Typical rent $868
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.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Texas
Bigger places in Texas
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.