Living here
Cost of living in Killeen
Housing is cheaper than the US average. Rents, home prices, taxes and how far a paycheck goes.
Median rent
$1,147/mo
15% below US
Median home value
$196,000
35% below US
Median household income
$58,339
26% below US
Rent as share of income
24%
US 21%
Home price to income
3.4×
US 3.9×
Sales tax
8.25%
Rent by number of bedrooms
HUD 2027 fair market rents for Killeen-Temple, TX HUD Metro FMR Area (gross rent including utilities, near the 40th percentile of local rents). Source: HUD USER.
How Killeen compares
- Killeen$1,147
- Texas$1,339
- United States$1,348
- Georgetown$1,671
- Cedar Park$1,753
- Austin$1,655
- New Braunfels$1,536
- Flower Mound$2,221
- Carrollton$1,674
- Richardson$1,825
- Plano$1,792
- Killeen$196,000
- Texas$260,400
- United States$303,400
- Georgetown$398,600
- Cedar Park$474,800
- Austin$512,700
- New Braunfels$315,100
- Flower Mound$514,100
- Carrollton$353,600
- Richardson$405,600
- Plano$440,600
Taxes
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Life in Killeen
Questions
Is Killeen expensive to live in?
Housing in Killeen is cheaper than the national average: median rent is $1,147 (15% below US) and the median home value is $196,000 (35% below US).
How much is rent in Killeen?
The median gross rent is $1,147 a month. HUD’s 2027 fair market rents for the area are studio $921, 1 bedroom $927, 2 bedrooms $1,138, 3 bedrooms $1,576, 4 bedrooms $1,902.
How much of their income do renters spend in Killeen?
At the median, a year’s rent ($13,764) equals about 24% of the median household income ($58,339); nationally it’s about 21%.
What are taxes like in Killeen?
Sales tax is 8.25% and property taxes run about 1.64% of home value a year.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates; HUD fair market rents; Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts - City Sales and Use Tax rates (city-rates.xlsx, updated Oct 6, 2026; cross-checked with EDI current rate file taxrates.txt, 2026 Q4).