Overall
- Eagle Pass
- 83.8
Diff -1.6 RPP
Wildwood-The Villages vs Eagle Pass
Cost of living comparison based on BEA Regional Price Parities. Eagle Pass is 1.9% less expensive than Wildwood-The Villages.
1.9% less expensive
Eagle Pass, TX is 1.9% less expensive than Wildwood-The Villages, FL on BEA Regional Price Parities (overall RPP 83.8 vs 85.4). A $100,000 salary in Wildwood-The Villages buys about the same as $98,105 in Eagle Pass; the largest component gap is services.
- Overall RPP 85.4 (Wildwood-The Villages) vs 83.8 (Eagle Pass)
- $100k in Wildwood-The Villages ≈ $98,105 purchasing power in Eagle Pass
- Services drives the gap (-7.1 RPP points)
RPP parity plate
Pair FL:TX 85.4→83.8
PHOTO-FINISH · CROSS-STATE · SPLIT-BUDGET · BOTH-BELOW · PP-PAR
- PHOTO-FINISH Photo finish
- CROSS-STATE FL × TX
- SPLIT-BUDGET Split budget
- BOTH-BELOW Both below 100
- PP-PAR PP near-par
Instrument codes from this pair's BEA Regional Price Parities (overall · goods · services · rents · national benchmark 100 · purchasing-power conversion), not a ranking or recommendation.
Wildwood-The Villages
85.4
Cost Index
Eagle Pass
83.8
Cost Index
What This Comparison Actually Tells You
Wildwood-The Villages, FL and Eagle Pass, TX are a photo finish on overall price level, only 1.6 RPP points apart. A salary conversion is therefore a fine adjustment, not evidence of a fundamentally different cost regime.
Services creates the largest separation: Eagle Pass is 7.1 points lower. But rents move against the overall direction, so this is a split budget rather than a clean across-the-board winner.
Comparable population context is incomplete for this pair, so no market-scale explanation is inferred from the price indexes.
Both metros remain below the U.S. benchmark of 100. This comparison chooses between two below-average price levels; “more expensive” here does not mean nationally expensive.
For a service-heavy household, test childcare, health, and other locally supplied costs before relying on rent alone. The BEA ratio converts $100,000 in Wildwood-The Villages to $98,105 in Eagle Pass, but it is not a personal spending weight.
Category Breakdown
Goods
- Eagle Pass
- 93.8
Diff -2.5 RPP
Services
- Eagle Pass
- 81.9
Diff -7.1 RPP
Rents
- Eagle Pass
- 53.7
Diff +1.9 RPP
| Category | Wildwood-The Villages | Eagle Pass | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 85.4 | 83.8 | -1.6 |
| Goods | 96.2 | 93.8 | -2.5 |
| Services | 89.0 | 81.9 | -7.1 |
| Rents | 51.7 | 53.7 | +1.9 |
Visual Comparison
Overall
Wildwood-The Villages 85.4
Eagle Pass 83.8
Goods
Wildwood-The Villages 96.2
Eagle Pass 93.8
Services
Wildwood-The Villages 89.0
Eagle Pass 81.9
Rents
Wildwood-The Villages 51.7
Eagle Pass 53.7
Vertical line = national average (100)
Salary Equivalents
What a salary in Wildwood-The Villages would need to be in Eagle Pass for the same purchasing power:
| In Wildwood-The Villages | In Eagle Pass | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $49,052 | $-948 |
| $75,000 | $73,579 | $-1,421 |
| $100,000 | $98,105 | $-1,895 |
| $150,000 | $147,157 | $-2,843 |
$ in Wildwood-The Villages = in Eagle Pass
Same BEA Regional Price Parity ratio as the table above (85.4 → 83.8), computed live from your number, nothing is sent anywhere.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Eagle Pass more expensive than Wildwood-The Villages?
Eagle Pass is 1.9% less expensive than Wildwood-The Villages. The overall cost index is 83.8 vs 85.4 (national average = 100).
What salary in Eagle Pass equals $100K in Wildwood-The Villages?
A $100,000 salary in Wildwood-The Villages has the same purchasing power as $98,105 in Eagle Pass. This is based on the BEA Regional Price Parity indexes.
How do rents compare between Wildwood-The Villages and Eagle Pass?
Rents in Wildwood-The Villages are indexed at 51.7 while Eagle Pass is at 53.7 (national average = 100). Eagle Pass has higher rents.
Data sources
- BEA Regional Price Parities (RPP), the cost-of-living indices shown on this page
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), gross-rent observations behind the rents component
- BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI), goods and services price relatives
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), labor-driven services component
- HUD Fair Market Rents (FMR), 40th-percentile rent cross-reference
Every figure on PlainCost is rendered directly from BEA Regional Price Parity source data, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, our changelog, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-11. Rankings measure the published cost-of-living index only; we don't recommend where to live or rate any metro's quality of life.