What salary do you need to live in Beaumont, TX?

Rent, home values and prices in Beaumont

A one-bedroom in Beaumont rents for a median of $866 a month, utilities the tenant pays included; a two-bedroom goes for $1,105 and a three-bedroom for $1,326. Over a full year, the two-bedroom median comes to $13,260.

Homeowners in Beaumont report a median home value of $173,600. That is only 2.7× the area's median household income of $64,659, a low ratio by national standards.

BEA's Regional Price Parity for the metro is 90.0, where 100 is the US average. In plain terms, the full basket of goods, services and housing costs 10.0% less than average, so $100,000 here buys roughly what $111,054 would at average US prices.

Income needed for each grade in Beaumont

The salary lines for a two-bedroom household land at $22,000 for Tight, $50,000 for Okay and $99,000 for Comfortable. The gap between the Okay and Comfortable lines alone is $49,000, which says how much extra income it takes to make housing feel roomy here rather than merely workable.

Royal, the top band, starts at $314,000. At that income rent is 4% of pay and the median home 0.6× income.

How they were found: the same scoring function the calculator runs was evaluated at rising incomes until each cutoff was crossed, and the crossing rounded up to a whole $1,000.

What different incomes look like in Beaumont

On $75,000, a one-bedroom scores 61 and a three-bedroom 54, both Okay; the extra bedrooms cost points but not a grade.

The two-bedroom column turns Comfortable at the $100,000 row. One row up, $75,000 scores 57.

How Beaumont ranks among 387 metros

On price level Beaumont is 289th of 387 (1 = most expensive); on two-bedroom rent it is 213th, and on median home value 344th. The two rankings agree, both falling in the middle half.

Its nearest neighbors on the rent list are Yakima, WA ($1,106) and Warner Robins, GA ($1,103).

Comparing Beaumont with Texas

How Beaumont stacks up against its state: $1,105 for a two-bedroom against Texas's $1,395, $173,600 for the median home against $283,800, and a price level of 90.0 against 97.1.

The Texas figure for the Comfortable line, using state medians, is $166,000 against $99,000 for Beaumont.

If Beaumont is on your list, Abilene, TX, College Station-Bryan, TX, and Killeen-Temple, TX are the most similar Texas metros by two-bedroom rent and price level; the table shows where each turns Comfortable.

Where the typical Beaumont household lands

A household at the Beaumont median income of $64,659 would see a two-bedroom score of 53 — Okay — with rent at 21% of income. Reaching Comfortable would take $34,341 more than the median household earns. For Texas as a whole, the median household income of $78,476 scores 44 against statewide rents. Since a household can have two or more earners, compare it with a combined income rather than one paycheck.

Estimates use pre-tax income and public data; they are not financial advice.