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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 Total Households (2008-2012) Cameron County: Hidalgo County: One bedroom FMR: Two bedroom FMR: $542/month $503/month $676/month $655/month This means that families working at minimum wage could afford topay only for housing. $377/month While working at minimum wage, a 2 bedroom FMR apartment would necessitateroughly a work week. 70 hour 64 hours/week. of renters are unable to afford a 2 bedroom FMR apartment. 62% 116,839214,396 Housing Costs and Crisis in the Lower Rio Grande Valley Keep Texas Housed Cameron County: Hidalgo County: Cameron County: Hidalgo County: * All Data released bythe National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC). For more information about low income families living in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Keep Texas Housed, please visit THN.org. The minimum wage inboth Brownsville-Harlingenand McAllen-Edinburg-Mission is 7.25/hour. In order for a person working at the mean regional renter wage to afford a 2 bedroom FMR apartment, they would need to work Last year, as a part of their annual housing report,the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) estimated the liveable wage in Hidalgo and Cameron Counties. Housing Wage for 1 Bedroom FMRBrownsville-Hidalgo MSA:McAllen-Edinburg-Mission MSA County: $10.42/hour $9.67/hour $13.00/hour $12.60/hour Housing Wage for 2 Bedroom FMRBrownsville-Hidalgo MSA:McAllen-Edinburg-Mission MSA County: It is estimated that the meanrenter wage in the Brownsville-Harlingen area is . This mean wage is even lower at in Hidalgo County. $8.10/hour $7.90/hour
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