What is the cost of living in San Angelo?

San Angelo has a Regional Price Parity (RPP) of 92.5, where 100 represents the national average. Housing costs index at 81.4, which is below the national average. The average 2-bedroom rent is $1,339/month.

What is the median salary in San Angelo?

The median salary in San Angelo is $54,384 annually (mean: $58,366). Top occupations include Fast Food and Counter Workers, Registered Nurses, General and Operations Managers.

How safe is San Angelo?

The violent crime rate in the San Angelo area is 395 per 100,000 population (state-level data). Property crime rate is 2058 per 100K.

What are the schools like in San Angelo?

The state of TX has 9,061 schools (state-level data, no metro-level federal count exists) with an average student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. Charter schools make up 11.4% of all schools.

How much does childcare cost in San Angelo?

Infant center-based childcare in the San Angelo area averages $7,566 per year. Preschool averages $6,926/year. These are state-level averages.

Is San Angelo a good place to relocate?

San Angelo has a Life Score of 45.4/100 (D), based on 7 of 7 available dimensions among cost of living, wages, rent, crime, schools, childcare, and environment (missing dims omitted, weights renormalized). This is a middle-of-the-pack score, where the composite lands for most US metros; look at individual dimensions to see the real trade-offs.

Where does San Angelo sit among US metros on LiveAbility?

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite, San Angelo ranks #312 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). That ordinal matches the /rankings/livability listing. See /methodology#corpus-placement for the exact sort basis.

Relocation profile · Federal data

San Angelo, TX

LiveAbility 41.6/100 places San Angelo #312 of 387 (bottom third of scored metros).

Compiled by PlainRelocate · June 15, 2026

92.5
Cost index (US=100): $1,339
2BR rent / mo: $54,384
Median salary: 41.6
LiveAbility Score

The verdict

As of June 2026, San Angelo ranks #312 of 387 US metros on the LiveAbility Score (41.6/100), with its strongest marks in climate and cost of living.

#312
of 387 US metros · Below median: 31,290,831
metro-area population: 395
violent crimes per 100K (state-level): 9,061
schools in the state (NCES)

Weakest dimension: low hazard (2/100). Weigh every dimension against your own priorities, use the City Finder to re-rank by what matters to you.

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite (BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, EPA, NOAA, and FEMA inputs), San Angelo ranks #312 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). Cost-of-living index 92.5 (100 = national average), median 2-bedroom rent $1,339/mo, median salary $54,384; LiveAbility Score 41.6/100, strongest in climate and cost of living.

Signature: LiveAbility 41.6/100 places San Angelo #312 of 387 (bottom third of scored metros).

Purchasing power sits mid-band: BEA RPP 92.5 between corpus terciles 91.5 and 97.0. Median 2BR rent $1,339/mo.

LiveAbility 41.6/100 puts San Angelo in the bottom third (#312 of 387).

BLS OEWS total employment in the San Angelo area is 43,790.

San Angelo vs all US metros by LiveAbility Score

Where this metro's LiveAbility Score falls among every scored US metro (composite placement, not a desirability verdict)

42 Top 81% higher than 19% of 387 US metros

Metros banded by LiveAbility Score (0–100)

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Source PlainRelocate LiveAbility Score · June 2026

San Angelo housing and rent

HUD Fair Market Rents for the San Angelo MSA; housing RPP 81.4 (100 = national average); 2BR $1,339/mo.

Studio

$923

/month

1 Bedroom

$1,049

/month

2 Bedroom

$1,339

/month

3 Bedroom

$1,821

/month

4 Bedroom

$2,043

/month

San Angelo wages and employment

San Angelo posts 43,790 total employment with median salary $54,384.

Median Salary

$54,384

Mean Salary

$58,366

Total Employment

43,790

Top Occupations by Employment

Occupation	Median Salary
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$23,850
Registered Nurses	$80,080
General and Operations Managers	$79,160
Retail Salespersons	$28,390
Customer Service Representatives	$36,080

Schools & Education

State-level education data for the San Angelo area from NCES.

Schools

9,061

Enrollment

5,491,723

Student:Teacher

14.7:1

Title I %

Childcare Costs

State-average childcare costs for the San Angelo area (DOL data).

Infant (Center)

$7,566

per year

Toddler (Center)

$7,109

per year

Preschool (Center)

$6,926

per year

Life Score Breakdown

San Angelo's composite Life Score is 45.4/100 (D), computed across 7 of 7 dimensions.

Cost

60/100

Above average

Wages

8/100

Bottom decile

Rent

46/100

Average

Crime

31/100

Weak

Schools

41/100

Below average

Childcare

74/100

Strong

Environment

88/100

Elite

LiveAbility Score

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San Angelo ranks #312 out of 387 metros with a LiveAbility Score of 41.6/100 - a composite of 7 of 8 quality-of-life dimensions from federal data (missing dims omitted; remaining weights renormalized). Customize the weights to match your priorities →

Strongest dimension: Climate (96/100)

Climate

96
Cost of living

60
Schools

59
Housing

46
Safety

31
Job market

8
Low hazard

2

What this shows San Angelo's strongest dimensions are climate and cost of living; its weakest among scored dims is low hazard at 2/100. Default weights: cost 18%, jobs & housing 15% each, safety & schools 12%, air & hazard 10%, climate 8%; this metro uses 7 of 8 dims with renormalized weights.

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Metros near San Angelo on cost, LiveAbility, or wages

Nearest out-of-state neighbors to San Angelo on BEA RPP, LiveAbility, or BLS median salary, a different lens than the size-ranked list.

Similar cost of living (BEA RPP)

Similar LiveAbility score

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, HUD Fair Market Rents, BLS OES, FBI UCR, NCES, DOL, EPA June 2026

San Angelo cost figures follow BEA Regional Price Parities and HUD Fair Market Rents; San Angelo wages and LiveAbility inputs follow BLS OEWS plus the federal sources listed in methodology. This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Scores are federal-data percentiles, not a move recommendation. How this data is sourced.

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Thinking about San Angelo?

San Angelo runs a $54,384 median salary at a 92.5 cost index, ranking #312 of 387 nationally on LiveAbility.

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