Living here
Cost of living in Carrollton
Housing is more expensive than the US average. Rents, home prices, taxes and how far a paycheck goes.
Median rent
$1,674/mo
24% above US
Median home value
$353,600
17% above US
Median household income
$99,115
26% above US
Rent as share of income
20%
US 21%
Home price to income
3.6×
US 3.9×
Sales tax
8.25%
Rent by number of bedrooms
HUD 2027 fair market rents for Dallas, TX HUD Metro FMR Area (gross rent including utilities, near the 40th percentile of local rents). Source: HUD USER.
How Carrollton compares
- Carrollton$1,674
- Texas$1,339
- United States$1,348
- Richardson$1,825
- Plano$1,792
- Flower Mound$2,221
- McKinney$1,841
- Tyler$1,199
- Killeen$1,147
- Georgetown$1,671
- Cedar Park$1,753
- Carrollton$353,600
- Texas$260,400
- United States$303,400
- Richardson$405,600
- Plano$440,600
- Flower Mound$514,100
- McKinney$439,500
- Tyler$216,400
- Killeen$196,000
- Georgetown$398,600
- Cedar Park$474,800
Taxes
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Questions
Is Carrollton expensive to live in?
Housing in Carrollton is more expensive than the national average: median rent is $1,674 (24% above US) and the median home value is $353,600 (17% above US).
How much is rent in Carrollton?
The median gross rent is $1,674 a month. HUD’s 2027 fair market rents for the area are studio $1,491, 1 bedroom $1,536, 2 bedrooms $1,807, 3 bedrooms $2,275, 4 bedrooms $2,892.
How much of their income do renters spend in Carrollton?
At the median, a year’s rent ($20,088) equals about 20% of the median household income ($99,115); nationally it’s about 21%.
What are taxes like in Carrollton?
Sales tax is 8.25% and property taxes run about 1.58% 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).