Granite Shoals is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,451 people and two associated neighborhoods, Granite Shoals is the 372nd largest community in Texas.

Also of interest is that Granite Shoals has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Granite Shoals telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.01% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Granite Shoals has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Granite Shoals has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Granite Shoals than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Granite Shoals may be for you.

One downside of living in Granite Shoals, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.48 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small city, Granite Shoals doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The population of Granite Shoals overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Granite Shoals, 21.26% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Granite Shoals in 2022 was $37,710, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $150,840 for a family of four. However, Granite Shoals contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Granite Shoals is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Granite Shoals home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Granite Shoals residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Granite Shoals also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 46.60% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Granite Shoals include German, Irish, English, French, and Scots-Irish.

In addition, Granite Shoals has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.02%).

The most common language spoken in Granite Shoals is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.