Canyon CreekTX
A town of 1,646.
Is Canyon Creek a good place to live?
The best of Canyon Creek’s subject grades is an A− for incomes. Canyon Creek’s average trip to work is 38 minutes, where Texas’ towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Canyon Creek's schools rank ahead of 70% of Texas towns. On the outdoors, just 21 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. Canyon Creek has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Canyon Creek for work
Where Canyon Creek’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Canyon Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Canyon Creek is from typical.
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Moving to Canyon Creek: who provides what
Canyon Creek is unincorporated, so Hood County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Canyon Creek.
Fewer middle-aged adults than Texas overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 22% of residents (38% statewide); children under 18 are 38% of residents (25% statewide). Canyon Creek’s median age is 26.5 years, below both Texas’ towns (35.9 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). 19% of Canyon Creek residents are 65 or older.
| Canyon Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 26.5 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 14% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.8 points). Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Canyon Creek | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 25.2% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.1% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.2% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.1% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.6% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 5.4% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 6.5% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.6% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.3% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.2% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.4% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 30.6% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.2% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.6% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.9% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
A smaller share of residents live below the poverty line in Canyon Creek than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
1.2% of residents live below the poverty line in Canyon Creek. Most working residents leave Canyon Creek for work: only 0% work in town. Canyon Creek’s median household income is $92,000.
| Canyon Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.2% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Canyon Creek has mild winters and hot summers
Canyon Creek has mild winters and hot summers. The July high in Canyon Creek is 96°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Tornadoes leads a low hazard risk in Canyon Creek
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Canyon Creek ranks healthier than 58% of the country’s towns
Canyon Creek beats the Texas average on 10 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 4.
| Canyon Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 39% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 74% | 79% |
| What stands out | Canyon Creek | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 12.6% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.1% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Canyon Creek sell for about $314K
The median sale price was $314,000 in May 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Dinosaur Valley State Park and 25 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Canyon Creek. Close and well known come first.
11 mi State parkDinosaur Valley State Park
31 mi Stadium & arenaAmon G. Carter Stadium
33 mi MuseumKimbell Art Museum32 mi Stadium & arenaDickies Arena
34 mi GardenFort Worth Water Gardens
36 mi MuseumTexas Cowboy Hall of FamePhoto credits
Dinosaur Valley State Park: Gordon Reid, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Amon G. Carter Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kimbell Art Museum: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Fort Worth Water Gardens: Photo: Andreas Praefcke, GFDL · Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Canyon Creek
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Canyon Creek; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Canyon Creek residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Canyon Creek
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Canyon Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hood County, Texas, United States. The population was 916 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Granbury micropolitan area as well as the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
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- Area
- 2.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 810 ft
Questions about Canyon Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Canyon Creek, TX expensive?
The typical home is worth about $263,000, 11% below the Texas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.