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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.01% 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.

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.

In Granite Shoals, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.48 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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 citizens of Granite Shoals are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.26% of adults in Granite Shoals having a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Granite Shoals's cultural character, accounting for 15.02% of the city’s population.

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