All the pieces’s larger in Texas besides the price of dwelling. Texas has no private state revenue tax and presents property tax breaks for seniors. Gross sales tax runs 6.25% to eight.25%, relying on native levies. The 30 million residents of Texas make the state second solely to California when it comes to inhabitants. Nonetheless, simply 14.8% of Texans are age 65 and up. Second solely to Alaska in land space as a U.S.