Texas cost of care
What senior care costs across Texas
Nursing home, memory care, and assisted living cost different amounts in different parts of the state. These pages pair an honest cost estimate for each metro with the one thing cost sites never show: whether the homes there are any good, and how families actually pay.
| Metro | Rated homes | Avg rating | Est. nursing home / mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas-Fort Worth | 248 | 2.62 of 5 | $9,880 |
| Houston | 156 | 2.65 of 5 | $9,450 |
| San Antonio | 93 | 2.34 of 5 | $9,070 |
| Austin | 58 | 2.6 of 5 | $9,400 |
| Killeen-Temple | 22 | 2.55 of 5 | $8,730 |
| El Paso | 22 | 1.73 of 5 | $8,610 |
| McAllen | 22 | 3 of 5 | $8,230 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur | 20 | 2.3 of 5 | $8,630 |
| Corpus Christi | 18 | 2.83 of 5 | $8,880 |
| Longview | 18 | 1.94 of 5 | $8,570 |
| Waco | 17 | 2.65 of 5 | $8,870 |
| Tyler | 17 | 2.53 of 5 | $8,830 |
| Lubbock | 16 | 2.31 of 5 | $8,750 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen | 14 | 3.14 of 5 | $8,240 |
Estimated cost of a semi-private nursing home room. Basis: CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey national medians adjusted by BEA Regional Price Parities (All items, 2024, U.S. = 100). Estimates to plan around, not quotes. Quality data: CMS Care Compare (Nursing Homes), dataset 4pq5-n9py, retrieved 2026-08-09.
Will the money last?
Whatever the number in your metro, the real question is how long savings would cover it before Medicaid steps in. Our free calculator does that math in about a minute.
Open the cost calculatorHow we estimate these costs
We do not sell care and we do not take listings money, so we have no reason to inflate or lowball a number. We also do not own proprietary metro cost tables. Instead we start from the CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey national median for each type of care and adjust it by the local price level from the BEA Regional Price Parities, the federal government's measure of how far a dollar goes in each metro. The result is a transparent estimate to plan around, not a quote from any specific home. For an exact price, call the homes you are considering. Full details on our methodology page.