San Antonio, TX · Corpus Christi, TX
San Antonio and Corpus Christi have similar costs of living.
Home Price
San: $270,000
Corpus: $240,000
Monthly Rent
San: $899/mo
Corpus: $975/mo
COL Index
San: 92
Corpus: 92
Median Income
San: $58,600
Corpus: $56,800
Median Home Price
Monthly Rent (Median)
Median Household Income
Property Tax Rate
Cost of Living Index
100 = national average
Avg. Commute
Unemployment Rate
Median Age
A $100,000 salary in San Antonio has the same purchasing power as $100,000 in Corpus Christi — based on each city's cost of living index.
Homes in Corpus Christi cost 11% more (-$30,000 extra). Expect a larger mortgage and down payment.
Renting in San Antonio saves you $76/month — $912 per year. Median rent: $899/mo in San Antonio vs $975/mo in Corpus Christi.
On a median-priced home, San Antonio owners pay roughly $4,860/year in property taxes vs $4,320/year in Corpus Christi. Rates are comparable.
Median household income is $58,600 in San Antonio and $56,800 in Corpus Christi. Incomes are similar, so cost of living differences matter more.
Average commute is 26 minutes in San Antonio vs 22 minutes in Corpus Christi. Commute times are nearly identical.
To maintain the same lifestyle when moving from San Antonio to Corpus Christi, here's the salary you'd need:
| Salary in San Antonio | Equivalent in Corpus Christi | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $50,000 | $0 |
| $75,000 | $75,000 | $0 |
| $100,000 | $100,000 | $0 |
| $150,000 | $150,000 | $0 |
| $200,000 | $200,000 | $0 |
* Calculated using cost of living indices (national average = 100). Does not account for state income tax differences.
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Based on cost of living indices, Corpus Christi is cheaper overall. San Antonio has a COL index of 92 while Corpus Christi scores 92 (national average = 100).
The median home price in San Antonio is $270,000 vs $240,000 in Corpus Christi — a difference of $30,000 (11%).
Use the salary equivalence table above. For example, a $100K salary in San Antonio is equivalent to $100,000 in Corpus Christi in terms of purchasing power.
Corpus Christi has a lower property tax rate (1.8% vs 1.8%). On a median-priced home, that means paying $4,320/year vs $4,860/year.
Median monthly rent: $899 in San Antonio vs $975 in Corpus Christi. Annualized: $10,788 vs $11,700.
San Antonio: $58,600/yr. Corpus Christi: $56,800/yr (Census ACS).
Lower-cost Corpus Christi typically lets remote-workers keeping a coastal salary stretch further. Higher-cost cities usually win on amenities and labor-market depth.
Numbers are pulled from Zillow ZHVI/ZORI (home values, rent), the U.S. Census Bureau ACS (income), and BEA RPP (cost-of-living index). Each value is timestamped on the page.
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City-level metrics (median home price, median rent, median household income, property tax rate, COL index, commute, unemployment, median age) are sourced from Zillow ZHVI/ZORI[1], Census ACS 5-year estimates[2], BEA Regional Price Parities[3], Tax Foundation[4], and BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics[5].
The Cost of Living Index uses 100 = national average (C2ER methodology[6]): values above 100 indicate a city is more expensive than the national average, below 100 less expensive.
Salary equivalence uses the ratio adjustedSalary = salary × (colDestination / colOrigin). This accounts for cost-of-living differences but does not model state income tax variation, which can be significant.
Annual property tax is computed as medianHomePrice × propertyTaxRate. Actual assessed value may differ from sale price. Effective rates vary within a metro; these are metro-wide medians.
Commute-hours calculations assume 250 working days/year and a round-trip commute. "Tied" in the comparison table means values within ±1% of each other.
Last reviewed reflects the maximum retrievedAt timestamp across every sourced dataset feeding this page. When any source refreshes, the next ISR revalidation (every 24 hours) picks the new date.
Cost of living data sourced from [6] C2ER, [2] U.S. Census Bureau, and [1] Zillow Research. Tax rates from [4] Tax Foundation. Last reviewed .