Granite Shoals is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 5,324 people and two associated neighborhoods, Granite Shoals is the 372nd largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Granite Shoals is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Granite Shoals is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Granite Shoals who work in sales jobs (12.28%), management occupations (12.24%), and office and administrative support (10.03%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.34% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Another notable thing is that Granite Shoals is a major vacation destination. Much of the city’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Granite Shoals’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live. In Granite Shoals, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.61 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small city, Granite Shoals does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Granite Shoals are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.26% of adults in Granite Shoals having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Granite Shoals in 2022 was $31,485, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,940 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 44.26% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Granite Shoals include Irish, German, English, French, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Granite Shoals is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
