Grape CreekTX
The town was founded in 1900 and has 4,036 residents today.
Is Grape Creek a good place to live?
Several subjects drag its grade down. The weak point is health — CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 95% of the country. It also trails on walkability (C−). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 82% of U.S. towns. Its best grade is for cost of living (B+): a typical home costs about $214K, 3.1 years of the San Angelo metro’s $68K median household income. Overall, that makes a C−, better than 16% of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 431st of 640 in Texas. On history, just 38 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · National Register of Historic Places.
Grape Creek has grown 14% from 2010 to 2020
3,154 counted in 2010 and 3,594 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Grape Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Grape Creek is from typical.
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Moving to Grape Creek: who provides what
Grape Creek is unincorporated, so Tom Green 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 Grape Creek.
Grape Creek has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and has home values still below their peak, but it has poverty well above the Texas rate.
Grape Creek stands out in Texas and nationally: a larger share of its adults have been diagnosed with depression
39% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Grape Creek, near the Texas town median (39%) and above the median of U.S. towns (36%). Grape Creek: 41% of adults have high blood pressure. Against the Texas average, Grape Creek comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 19. Two figures for adults locally: 30% say their health is fair or poor, 20% smoke cigarettes.
| Grape Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 24% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Grape Creek | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 77.2% | 74.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.7% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Grape Creek fall behind 52% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Grape Creek ISD. Two of the 4 schools are below, and why each made the list. The largest public high school is Grape Creek H S, with 334 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grape Creek PriLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 303 | – |
| Grape Creek H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 334 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
More than half of Grape Creek’s working residents commute to San Angelo
For most workers, Grape Creek is a place to come home to: only 9% work in town. 27% of residents live below the poverty line here. The typical journey to work for Grape Creek comes to 29 minutes, against 25 minutes in Texas’ towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. The town’s middle household income comes in at $53,000.
| Grape Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 27% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $53,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Grape Creek earns a B+ for cost of living
The typical value, about $214K, is 12% below its January 2022 peak. At about $214K, home values are down 7% in five years, against a rise of 10% across Texas.
Zillow values the typical Grape Creek home at about $214,000, down 6.6% in a year, 28% below the Texas typical home. In Grape Creek, the median rent is $1,076 a month. The share of households in Grape Creek who live in a home they own: 75%.
| Grape Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 75% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,076 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Grape Creek: mild winters and hot summers
The Water Valley weather station, 12 miles away, records that about 114 days a year reach 90°, more than in 97% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 96.3°, hotter than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 31.8°.
About 2 inches of snow falls in a winter. In Grape Creek, the peak summer temperature is 96°F.
| Grape Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 32°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Grape Creek is inland flooding, at a low overall level
On expected storm and flood damage, Grape Creek sits below 62% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims here since 1998: 13. Expected losses in Grape Creek break down as 42% from inland flooding and 18% from wildfires. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2025.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Grape Creek, 8.9% of the land is conserved
2.4 miles of trail. Grape Creek’s trail density stands at 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Grape Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.9% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Grape Creek
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Grape Creek
About 2 of every 100 Grape Creek residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
91% of working residents leave Grape Creek for work
Where Grape Creek’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Grape Creek
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Grape Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tom Green County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Angelo, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Grape Creek had a population of 3,594.
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- Area
- 16 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,988 ft
Questions about Grape Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Grape Creek, TX a good place to live?
Grape Creek grades C− overall, better than 16% of U.S. towns and #431 of 640 in Texas. It grades D for health and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Grape Creek, TX expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.