Business Insider looked at Midland and other places in Texas to see how expensive it can be to live there.
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Plano had the highest Cost of Living Index score among 24 Texas cities.
Most of those 24 urban areas were less expensive than the national average.
Harlingen, Texas, was the least expensive among the 24 Texas locations with scores.
Plano and Dallas are more expensive places to live in Texas than Houston or Abilene, based on a cost of living Index for the third quarter.
The Council for Community and Economic Research, or C2ER, creates a quarterly Cost of Living Index. The index is based on a few different categories, such as utilities and housing. There were 269 urban areas that participated in the third quarter, a press release said.
"The Cost of Living Index measures regional differences in the cost of consumer goods and services, excluding taxes and non-consumer expenditures, for professional and managerial households in the top income quintile," the press release said.
Business Insider also looked at the cost of living for places in Florida and California. While all 10 urban areas in California in the third quarter's analysis had an index above the national average of 100, meaning they're more expensive than the average US urban area in the study, that wasn't true for Texas.
The urban areas of Plano and Dallas were the only two places among the 24 Texas locations that had scores above the national average of 100. Denton, Austin, and McKinney didn't fall too behind the national average though.
The following shows how the 24 Texas urban areas with data for the third quarter ranked among each other, based on the Cost of Living Index from C2ER. We also included several average prices for each location from C2ER that was shared with Business Insider. These prices were based on certain criteria. For instance, home prices is based on newer-construction homes with certain features of the home, among other criteria.
24. Harlingen, Texas
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Composite index: 79.7
Home price: $356,350
Apartment rent: $873.5
Energy: $196.41
Doctor visit: $100.67
Beauty salon visit: $35
23. McAllen, Texas
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Composite index: 80.2
Home price: $265,667
Apartment rent: $891
Energy: $208.01
Doctor visit: $82.67
Beauty salon visit: $33.33
22. Amarillo, Texas
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Composite index: 84.4
Home price: $281,958
Apartment rent: $1,232
Energy: $166.41
Doctor visit: $114
Beauty salon visit: $53
21. El Paso, Texas
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Composite index: 87.9
Home price: $342,570
Apartment rent: $1,224
Energy: $148.08
Doctor visit: $134.75
Beauty salon visit: $35
20. Nacogdoches, Texas
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Composite index: 88.2
Home price: $400,665
Apartment rent: $893
Energy: $207.79
Doctor visit: $133.17
Beauty salon visit: $28.33
19. Corpus Christi, Texas
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Composite index: 88.8
Home price: $328,462
Apartment rent: $1,472.75
Energy: $234.33
Doctor visit: $105
Beauty salon visit: $37
18. Temple, Texas
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Composite index: 90.6
Home price: $404,339
Apartment rent: $1,398
Energy: $212.48
Doctor visit: $153
Beauty salon visit: $43.67
17. Conroe, Texas
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Composite index: 91.3
Home price: $373,091
Apartment rent: $1,443.5
Energy: $184.77
Doctor visit: $118.75
Beauty salon visit: $48.5
16. Cedar Park, Texas
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Composite index: 91.4
Home price: $433,823
Apartment rent: $1,272
Energy: $214.33
Doctor visit: $87.5
Beauty salon visit: $46
15. Lubbock, Texas
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Composite index: 91.5
Home price: $460,260
Apartment rent: $1,059
Energy: $137.15
Doctor visit: $104.57
Beauty salon visit: $51.25
14. Abilene, Texas
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Composite index: 91.6
Home price: $429,700
Apartment rent: $1,147
Energy: $195.7
Doctor visit: $116.75
Beauty salon visit: $30
13. San Antonio, Texas
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Composite index: 91.8
Home price: $354,055
Apartment rent: $1,496
Energy: $137.32
Doctor visit: $143.45
Beauty salon visit: $68
12. Odessa, Texas
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Composite index: 92.7
Home price: $452,500
Apartment rent: $1,204
Energy: $175.93
Doctor visit: $140.13
Beauty salon visit: $42.5
11. Waco, Texas
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Composite index: 93.8
Home price: $402,250
Apartment rent: $1,335
Energy: $208.29
Doctor visit: $116.67
Beauty salon visit: $42.67
9 (tie). Houston, Texas
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Composite index: 95.3
Home price: $405,497
Apartment rent: $1,368
Energy: $181.85
Doctor visit: $93.5
Beauty salon visit: $68.9
9 (tie). Beaumont, Texas
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Composite index: 95.3
Home price: $380,000
Apartment rent: $1,115
Energy: $216.53
Doctor visit: $101
Beauty salon visit: $41.67
8. Longview, Texas
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Composite index: 96.0
Home price: $439,112
Apartment rent: $1,310
Energy: $238.69
Doctor visit: $96.67
Beauty salon visit: $50.33
7. Tyler, Texas
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Composite index: 96.1
Home price: $430,786
Apartment rent: $1,620.5
Energy: $193.86
Doctor visit: $103.75
Beauty salon visit: $55
6. Midland, Texas
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