Cost of living in Cameron County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,042 a month.
That HUD number covers Cameron County, Texas, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $827
- 1 bed
- $884
- 2 bed
- $1,042
- 3 bed
- $1,393
- 4 bed
- $1,496
This county is in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 86.0 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Brownsville · 189,177 people
- Harlingen · 72,087 people
- San Benito · 24,709 people
- Los Fresnos · 8,291 people
- La Feria · 6,891 people
- Cameron Park · 5,955 people
- Primera · 5,344 people
- Port Isabel · 5,111 people
- Laureles · 4,224 people
- Laguna Vista · 3,673 people
- Santa Rosa · 3,215 people
- Combes · 3,178 people
- South Padre Island · 2,891 people
- Rancho Viejo · 2,849 people
- La Paloma · 2,797 people
- Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz · 2,552 people
- Palm Valley · 2,155 people
- Rio Hondo · 1,865 people
- Palmer · 1,435 people
- Rice Tracts · 1,384 people