Oak Trail ShoresTX
The town, home to 3,040 people, lies in Texas.
Is Oak Trail Shores a good place to live?
At C− overall, Oak Trail Shores ranks 416th of 640 in Texas. That leaves it better than 17% of U.S. towns. The weak point is health (D): CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 85% of the country. It also trails on walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 93% of U.S. towns. Homes run about $121K for a typical one, 1.4 times the Granbury area’s $88K median household income. Its strongest is schools: its schools rank ahead of 70% of Texas towns. Only 18 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score lower on the outdoors.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US.
100% of working residents leave Oak Trail Shores for work
Where Oak Trail Shores’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Oak Trail Shores grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Oak Trail Shores is from typical.
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Moving to Oak Trail Shores: who provides what
Oak Trail Shores 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 Oak Trail Shores.
Oak Trail Shores has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay.
For health, Oak Trail Shores earns a D
Against the 1,151 U.S. towns with household incomes like Oak Trail Shores’s, it is healthier than 75%, so that grade isn’t only a matter of income.
In Oak Trail Shores, 16% of adults report frequent physical distress. 22% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in the town, above both Texas’ towns (18%) and U.S. towns (8.1%). Two figures for adults here: 73% had a checkup this year, 20% report frequent mental distress.
| Oak Trail Shores | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 24% | 19% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 74% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Oak Trail Shores | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.6% | 5.7% |
| More smokers | 17.3% | 12.5% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Compared with most of Texas and the rest of the country, the median household income in Oak Trail Shores is lower
Oak Trail Shores has 49 jobs for its 1,193 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Oak Trail Shores’ typical journey to work is 28 minutes. 17% of residents live below the poverty line in the town, where Texas’ towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. For working residents here, the share who work locally is 0.4%. Half the trips to work are shorter than 38 miles.
| Oak Trail Shores | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $34,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers: that is Oak Trail Shores’ year
The Rainbow weather station, 17 miles away, records that about 109 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 95.8°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 33.8°.
Snow is almost unheard of. Oak Trail Shores’ July high comes in at 96°F.
| Oak Trail Shores | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 34°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Oak Trail Shores faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by tornadoes
FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in Oak Trail Shores than in 51% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Oak Trail Shores sell for about $248K
At 1.4 years of the Granbury area’s $88K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 98% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,326, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Among households in the town, 81% own their home. Oak Trail Shores’ median rent stands at $1,456 a month.
| Oak Trail Shores | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 81% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,456 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · 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 Oak Trail Shores. Close and well known come first.
16 mi State parkDinosaur Valley State Park
31 mi Stadium & arenaAmon G. Carter Stadium
33 mi MuseumKimbell Art Museum32 mi Stadium & arenaDickies Arena
35 mi GardenFort Worth Water Gardens
35 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 Oak Trail Shores
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Oak Trail Shores; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Oak Trail Shores residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
Questions about Oak Trail Shores
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oak Trail Shores, TX a good place to live?
It grades D for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Oak Trail Shores, TX expensive?
The typical home is worth about $121,000, 59% 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.