The Best Moving Companies in Plano

Plano is among the top 20 US cities with the highest living costs, and it’s the most expensive city in Texas by a mile. The average Plano resident pays $2,007 every month for their rent, utilities, food, and vehicle gas.¹ In Austin—Texas’s second most expensive city—residents only pay an average of $1,759 for these same necessities.¹

In 2021, the average rent for a single bedroom apartment in Plano was $1,300.² This represents a 9.07% increase over the city’s 2020 rental rates, which isn’t surprising considering that many Texas cities saw rental price increases in the same period.

That said, Plano’s increase was the steepest one in Texas and its average rent was already higher than almost any other city in the state.

After how much we’ve discussed Plano’s soaring rent and other costs, it should be no surprise that the city is one of the least livable for minimum-wage earners. This isn’t solely due to Plano’s high living costs, though. The city’s minimum wage of $7.25 is as low as it’s legally allowed to be—much too low to comfortably live on in such an expensive city.

While making minimum wage, you’d have to work 182.28 hours every month just to afford Plano’s average rent, let alone afford food or other necessities.³ For comparison, New York and San Francisco both have much higher rent than Plano, but they’re more livable for minimum wage earners simply because their minimum wages are well above the federal minimum.

Moving costs are partially determined by how much stuff you’re moving, so donating clothes, furniture, and appliances you no longer need is one of the best ways to make your move cheaper. To help you unload these unwanted belongings, here are a few of Plano’s donation centers:

• Goodwill Store & Donation Center
• The Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center
• Hope's Door Resale Store

Only donate things someone else might want. Otherwise, you’re just making old, useless clutter someone else’s problem. Instead of donating dead appliances and busted furniture, you can hire one of our favorite junk removal companies to dispose of them for you.