What is the cost of living in Victoria?

Victoria has a Regional Price Parity (RPP) of 89.8, where 100 represents the national average. Housing costs index at 69.3, which is below the national average. The average 2-bedroom rent is $1,442/month.

What is the median salary in Victoria?

The median salary in Victoria is $57,319 annually (mean: $60,719). Top occupations include Fast Food and Counter Workers, Retail Salespersons, General and Operations Managers.

How safe is Victoria?

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

What are the schools like in Victoria?

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 Victoria?

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

Is Victoria a good place to relocate?

Victoria has a Life Score of 47.3/100 (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 Victoria sit among US metros on LiveAbility?

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite, Victoria ranks #255 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

Victoria, TX

BEA RPP 89.8 ranks #95 of 387 scored metros for lower prices (cheaper third).

Compiled by PlainRelocate · June 15, 2026

89.8
Cost index (US=100): $1,442
2BR rent / mo: $57,319
Median salary: 47.4
LiveAbility Score

The verdict

As of June 2026, Victoria ranks #255 of 387 US metros on the LiveAbility Score (47.4/100), with its strongest marks in climate and air quality.

#255
of 387 US metros · Near 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 (1/100). 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), Victoria ranks #255 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). Cost-of-living index 89.8 (100 = national average), median 2-bedroom rent $1,442/mo, median salary $57,319; LiveAbility Score 47.4/100, strongest in climate and air quality.

Signature: BEA RPP 89.8 ranks #95 of 387 scored metros for lower prices (cheaper third).

Purchasing power opens up: BEA RPP 89.8 lands in the cheaper third of scored metros (cuts at 91.5 / 97.0). Median 2BR rent $1,442/mo.

LiveAbility 47.4/100 keeps Victoria in the middle third (#255 of 387).

BLS OEWS total employment in the Victoria area is 32,970.

Victoria 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)

47 Top 66% higher than 34% of 387 US metros

Metros banded by LiveAbility Score (0–100)

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US metros. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source PlainRelocate LiveAbility Score · June 2026

Victoria housing and rent

HUD Fair Market Rents for the Victoria MSA; housing RPP 69.3 (100 = national average); 2BR $1,442/mo.

Studio

$1,146

/month

1 Bedroom

$1,153

/month

2 Bedroom

$1,442

/month

3 Bedroom

$1,729

/month

4 Bedroom

$1,909

/month

Victoria wages and employment

Victoria posts 32,970 total employment with median salary $57,319 against a cheaper-than-average RPP.

Median Salary

$57,319

Mean Salary

$60,719

Total Employment

32,970

Top Occupations by Employment

Occupation	Median Salary
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$24,510
Retail Salespersons	$28,780
General and Operations Managers	$80,280
Registered Nurses	$83,680
Cashiers	$28,210

Schools & Education

State-level education data for the Victoria 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 Victoria area (DOL data).

Infant (Center)

$7,566

per year

Toddler (Center)

$7,109

per year

Preschool (Center)

$6,926

per year

Life Score Breakdown

Victoria's composite Life Score is 47.3/100 (D), computed across 7 of 7 dimensions.

Cost

76/100

Strong

Wages

10/100

Bottom decile

Rent

35/100

Below average

Crime

30/100

Weak

Schools

43/100

Below average

Childcare

72/100

Strong

Environment

89/100

Elite

LiveAbility Score

View full rankings →

Victoria ranks #255 out of 387 metros with a LiveAbility Score of 47.4/100 - a composite of 8 of 8 quality-of-life dimensions from federal data. Customize the weights to match your priorities →

Strongest dimension: Climate (94/100)

Climate

94
Air quality

90
Cost of living

76
Schools

57
Housing

35
Safety

30
Job market

10
Low hazard

1

What this shows Victoria's strongest dimensions are climate and air quality; its weakest among scored dims is low hazard at 1/100. Default weights: cost 18%, jobs & housing 15% each, safety & schools 12%, air & hazard 10%, climate 8%.

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Metros near Victoria on cost, LiveAbility, or wages

Nearest out-of-state neighbors to Victoria 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

Victoria cost figures follow BEA Regional Price Parities and HUD Fair Market Rents; Victoria 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 Victoria?

Victoria runs a $57,319 median salary at a 89.8 cost index, ranking #255 of 387 nationally on LiveAbility.

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Cost, salary and score figures are federal-data percentiles, not a move recommendation.