City · Hood County, Texas

Granbury, Texas

Granbury is a city in Hood County, Texas, part of the Granbury, TX metro area. It has 12,136 residents. Granbury, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 36 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,047 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #257 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on new homes permitted (high), primary care shortage (low) and mammography screening (high). It ranks worst on high ozone days (high), hot days (high) and uninsured residents (under 65) (high).

36Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,047 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #257 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 12,136 (2020-2024)
Land area: 17 mi²
Density: 704.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 4830416

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety42#9,089/15,637
Economy62#5,982/15,631
Housing47#7,876/14,977
Health41#9,275/15,609
Healthcare37#9,854/15,650
Environment34#10,263/15,453
Education46#8,507/15,649
Infrastructure25#11,734/15,650
Community47#8,316/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,096/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Granbury, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Hood County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

New homes permitted · high16.6 /1k
94/100Texas 6.3 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Texas 5.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHood County value
Mammography screening · high53.0%
85/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHood County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low126 min
84/100Texas 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHood County value
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Texas 5.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHood County value
Child care cost burden · low23.9%
81/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHood County value

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high12 days
5/100Texas 7 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyHood County value
Hot days · high105 days
8/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationHood County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high16.8%
10/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Suicide rate · high23.6 /100k
11/100Texas 14.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHood County value
High school diploma or higher · low91.2%
13/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Grocery stores · low1.0 /10k
14/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHood County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
9,939 (2015-2019) → 12,136 (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
56.2% (2015-2019) → 46.3% (2020-2024)
−9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$49,793 (2015-2019) → $73,516 (2020-2024)
+48%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.1% (2015-2019) → 91.4% (2020-2024)
+9.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
16.4% (2015-2019) → 7.8% (2020-2024)
−8.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
New homes permittedWorsening
25.1 /1k (2021) → 16.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−34%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Granbury, Texas improved on 3 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Property tax−0.5 points1.59% → 1.11%
Household income+48%$49,793 → $73,516
Broadband+9.3 points82.1% → 91.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Granbury, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.2 min2015-2019	30.7 min2020-2024	+3.5 min	Within the margin of error	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%2015-2019	31.1%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Broadband subscriptions	82.1%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+9.3 points	Improved	56%
Effective property tax rate	1.59%2015-2019	1.11%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Improved	90%
High school diploma or higher	92.5%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	4.3×2020-2024	+0.6×	Within the margin of error	44%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5182015-2019	0.4682020-2024	−0.050	Within the margin of error	84%
Median household income	$49,7932015-2019	$73,5162020-2024	+48%	Improved	82%
Poverty rate	10.8%2015-2019	6.9%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Rent as share of income	33.8%2015-2019	28.7%2020-2024	−5.1 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Rent-burdened households	56.2%2015-2019	46.3%2020-2024	−9.8 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.3%2015-2019	16.8%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	12%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Granbury, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Granbury, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Granbury, Texas itself moved +8.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

12,136 residents (±28)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

5,279 households (±308)

Granbury, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k13%†707
$25k–50k20%1,067
$50k–75k18%951

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

5,279 households (±308)

Granbury, Texas
Texas share

Own60%3,176
Rent40%2,103

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+7.8 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

4,901 workers (±464)

Granbury, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone83%4,082
Carpool2.0%†96
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Granbury, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Hood County, the county holding most of Granbury's residents.

Hood County has 1,552 employer establishments, 229 for every 10,000 residents (0.92× the US rate of 248; 1.05× Texas's), with 15,655 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,330. The Census Bureau also counts 7,308 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,552; 7,308 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 229; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 15,655
Average annual pay: $45,330; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Hood County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	135	19.9	1.29×More than typical	739	$61,472	787
Restaurants and other eating places	118	17.4	0.95×About typical	2,229	$18,798	30
Ambulatory health care services	115	17	0.81×About typical	871	$70,348	233
Lessors of real estate	69	10.2	0.83×About typical	130	$49,269	747
Construction of buildings	64	9.5	1.25×About typical	491	$72,711	356
Building equipment contractors	55	8.1	1.35×More than typical	349	$55,940	129
Limited-service restaurants	53	7.8	0.98×About typical	1,174	$17,437	5
Full-service restaurants	46	6.8	0.88×About typical	908	$19,913	21
Services to buildings and dwellings	46	6.8	1.01×About typical	212	$44,552	480
Management, scientific and technical consulting	43	6.3	0.95×About typical	93	$83,656	269
Religious organizations	43	6.3	1.14×About typical	465	$23,206	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	42	6.2	1.41×More than typical	131	$67,550	163

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 67,717 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $89.8K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Granbury, Texas: $7.40 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $89.8K; +52% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7.40; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.1%; US 30%
Single offer: 5.2%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$89.7K99.8%
Department of the Navy$1360.2%

Top recipients

FABRICATION SPECIALTY INC$89.8K100%
INTELLIGENCE CONSULTING PARTNERS ICP LLC$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.1MFY2017
919.2KFY2018
839.4KFY2019
143KFY2020
116.5KFY2021
71.2KFY2022
43.7KFY2023
35.7K

Top industries (NAICS)

Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$69.7K78%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$12.7K14%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$2,4962.8%
Forging and stamping · 3321$1,8282.0%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$1,1221.2%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$5620.6%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Granbury, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Granbury, Texas's figures are part of those of Hood County, TX ($1.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 5.7% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Granbury is mostly in Hood County.

See federal money in Hood County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Granbury, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Roger WilliamsR-TX-25 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 3.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Hood County60100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Granbury, TX54

Other cities and towns in Hood County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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