Cost of living in Granite Shoals, Texas
Granite Shoals, Texas has about 5,328 people. Typical rent is $1,319 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $78,042 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Ranked #200 in Texas on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,319 a month.
Granite Shoals is a city in Texas. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $78,042 a year.
- People
- 5,328
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,319
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $78,042
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $259,800
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,349
- Burnet County, TX
Granite Shoals, Texas has about 5,328 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $259,800.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Burnet County is $1,349 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Granite Shoals. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
Texas's prices sit at 97.1 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.
Texas does not tax wages. A typical combined sales tax is 8.2% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Granite Shoals's exact store tax.
In July 2026, a typical Texas home paid 15.88¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Granite Shoals's bill.
In 2025, all-grades gas in Texas averaged $2.76 a gallon. EIA prints this yearly price for only some states.
Among 885 places we list in Texas with a rent figure, 305 have higher typical rent than Granite Shoals.
Nearby places
- Cottonwood Shores
Typical rent $1,224
Compare with Granite Shoals - Horseshoe Bay
Typical rent $1,536
Compare with Granite Shoals - Meadowlakes
Typical rent $1,685
Compare with Granite Shoals - Marble Falls
Typical rent $1,360
Compare with Granite Shoals - Kingsland
Typical rent $892
Compare with Granite Shoals - Burnet
Typical rent $1,019
Compare with Granite Shoals - Buchanan Dam
Typical rent $1,030
Compare with Granite Shoals - Bertram
Typical rent $1,522
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Texas
Bigger places in Texas
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.