Plano had the highest Cost of Living Index score among 21 Texas cities.
Most of those 21 urban areas were less expensive than the national average.
Harlingen, Texas, was the least expensive among the 21 Texas locations with scores.
Plano and Dallas in Texas are more expensive places to live in in the state than Houston or Abilene, based on a Cost of Living Index for the second 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 274 urban areas that participated in the second 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.
Insider also looked at the cost of living for places in Florida and California. While all 10 urban areas in California in the second 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 21 Texas locations that had scores above the national average of 100. Austin didn't fall too behind the national average though, with a composite index of 98.8.
The following shows how the 21 Texas urban areas with data for the second 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 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.