Car insurance in Texas
Drivers in Texas paid $1,727 a year for full coverage in 2023, 20% above the national average. With prices up since, figure on about $2,050 today. In Texas, the law asks for at least 30/60/25 liability.
What people pay in Texas
A typical yearly price today
about $2,050 a year (about $170 a month)
Texas's average full-coverage cost in 2023 was $1,727, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). Car insurance prices nationally have risen about 18% since then (government price index, August 2026), so we start from about $2,050.
That makes Texas the 6th most expensive of the 50 states and DC. Nationally, the average was $1,439.
It's an average across every kind of driver and car, not your price. Your car, your driving record, and how much coverage you carry move it up or down.
Texas next to its neighbors
A typical policy in Texas costs more than in Arkansas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma and less than in Louisiana.
| State | Typical price, 2023 | Moving to Texas from there |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | $1,727 | Not a move |
| Arkansas | $1,296 | About $590 more a year |
| Louisiana | $1,983 | About $350 less a year |
| New Mexico | $1,301 | About $580 more a year |
| Oklahoma | $1,324 | About $550 more a year |
| National average | $1,439 | Not a move |
The move is the What-if page's starting example: a 40–64-year-old with a clean record and a 2020 Toyota Camry, full coverage, in the suburbs, with nothing else changed. Only the two states' typical prices make the difference, so a real move can come out differently.
The least insurance Texas's law asks for
- Liability (per person / per crash / property)
- $30,000 / $60,000 / $25,000
- Personal injury protection (PIP)
- Included unless you decline in writing
- Medical payments
- Not required
- No-fault
- No
- Uninsured motorist
- Included unless you decline in writing
- Underinsured motorist
- Included unless you decline in writing
Liability pays for injuries and damage you cause to others, up to these limits. A minimum is the least the law allows, not a recommendation, and it doesn't pay to fix your own car.
Liability-only coverage, the closest NAIC figure to what a minimum policy costs, averaged $798 in Texas in 2023 (about $950 today, brought up the same rough way), the 13th highest of the 50 states and DC. That's about 46% of the full-coverage price; the rest pays to fix or replace your own car.
Texas requires at least $30,000 per person and $60,000 per crash for injuries, plus $25,000 for property damage. Personal injury protection (PIP) and uninsured/underinsured-motorist coverage come with your policy unless you turn them down in writing.
Good to know: Texas is an at-fault state even though PIP comes with your policy by default. We found nothing in the law that limits your right to sue.
What we couldn’t confirm: We marked medical payments coverage not required because we found no law requiring it, not because a law says it's optional.
- Personal injury protection
- $2,500 per person is the standard amount; the law doesn't require insurers to offer more.
- Uninsured and underinsured motorist
- One coverage handles both uninsured and underinsured drivers, at no less than the state minimums (30/60/25), including property damage.
- Checked
- September 22, 2026
A new teen driver in Texas
Adding a 16-year-old to a typical policy
about $1,350 more a year
About $115 a month, on one average car with full coverage. The whole policy with the teen: roughly $2,550–$4,500 a year.
On a policy of their own, with the same kind of car, the same teen would pay about $5,870 a year in Texas (roughly $4,450–$8,400).
What adding a teen costs comes from California's published prices, so the range is wide, and Texas may differ. How adding a teen driver works.
Cars that cost the least to add a teen with
In Texas, the 2022 Subaru Forester, Outback, and Crosstrek come out the same, the least of the 33 cars on the site's popular lists to add a teen with: about $1,210 more a year. At the other end of the same lists, the 2022 Tesla Model 3 costs about $2,030 more a year.
| Car | Added to your policy | On their own policy |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 Subaru Forester | +$1,210 a year | $5,240 a year |
| 2022 Subaru Outback | +$1,210 a year | $5,250 a year |
| 2022 Subaru Crosstrek | +$1,210 a year | $5,270 a year |
| 2022 Honda CR-V | +$1,300 a year | $5,640 a year |
| 2022 Toyota RAV4 | +$1,320 a year | $5,730 a year |
The order is the same in every state, because our car data is national. What changes from state to state is the price level.
Why these cars cost less, and what this doesn't cover.
“Try it with your own car” opens your own situation in Texas (a 2020 Toyota Camry if you haven't set one) with a new 16-year-old. It starts from that car, not an average one, so its figure can differ from the one above.
Where these numbers come from
- Typical prices: National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), 2022/2023 Auto Insurance Database Report, 2023 data, brought up to today with the government's price index for car insurance.
- The law: Texas's own statute or insurance department, listed above with the date we checked it.
- Teen drivers and cars: the same math as the rest of the site. Here's how we got these, and every source.
This is an estimate to help you plan, not a quote. We don't sell insurance, and we never pass your info to anyone. Only an insurer can give you a real price.