Texas Aging Statistics & Resource Guide
The Texas Aging Statistics & Resource Guide contains key information, links and statistics for senior citizens in Texas. With an aging population and the average cost of care averaging between $21.00 an hour for home care to $6,418 a month for skilled nursing care, Texas is typically less expensive than the national average. This guide also contains helpful contact information for county offices, Alzheimer’s Disease organizations and government agencies that offer assistance to caregivers and senior citizens.
Texas Key Statistics
- 17.9% of the Texas population is aged 60 or over with 8.4% of seniors aged 65+ living alone.
- Despite having no income tax, it is one of the least tax friendly states for retirees, with an average state sales tax set at 8.19% and an average property tax set at $1,993 per $100,000 in home value.
- 30.1% of certified nursing home beds were rated four or five-stars over a three-month period compared to a US national average of 47.3%.
- The median household income for a Texas senior (65+) is $43,411.
- 400,000 people aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s in Texas.
Choosing Long Term Care in Texas
- Texas Home Care Agencies Directory: The average hourly home care rate in Texas is $21.00, making Texas less expensive than the national average ($22.50) for home care.
- Texas Adult Day Care Directory: The average cost of adult day care in Texas is $704 per month making Texas less expensive than the national average ($1,625) for adult day care.
- Texas Assisted Living Directory: The average cost of assisted living in Texas is $3,750 per month making Texas less expensive than the national average ($4,051) for assisted living.
- Texas Skilled Nursing Directory: The average cost of skilled nursing in Texas is $6,418 per month making Texas less expensive than the national average ($8,517) for skilled nursing.
Texas Senior Services
Texas Health and Human Services (HHS)
Address: Brown-Heatly Building, 4900 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 78751-2316, P.O. Box 13247, Austin, Texas 78711-3247
Phone: 512-424-6500
TTY: 512-424-6597
Media: 512-424-6951
Texas State Plan on Aging
Texas Elder Justice and Advocacy
To report abuse of a senior who is not in a health care facility call the Elder Abuse Hotline at (800) 252-5400 or 1-512-834-3784
To report abuse of a senior in a nursing home or assisted living facility, or is in his or her home and relies on a home health provider, call the Texas Department of State Health Services at (800) 458-9858.
To report abuse of a senior in a long-term care facility that receives Medicaid funding, call the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit at (512) 463-2011 (Austin), toll-free at (800) 252-5400 or by e-mail at: mfcu@texasattorneygeneral.gov
Texas Support for Caregivers
- Are You a Family Caregiver?
- Take Time Texas
- Resources and Support for Family Caregivers
- Hints for Family Caregivers
Texas Senior Disaster Preparedness
Texas Health Care Fraud
Texas Long-Term Care Ombudsman
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Address: 701 W. 51st Street, W250, Austin, TX 78751
Phone: 512-438-4265
Toll Free: 1-800-252-2412
Fax: 512-438-3233
Email: ltc.ombudsman@hhsc.state.tx.us
Texas Medicaid Elderly & Disabled Waiver Programme
- Texas Health and Human Services – Medicaid
- Texas Medicaid Programs for Seniors and Aging
- Medicaid for the Elderly & People with Disabilities
- Dual Eligible Project (MMP)
Texas Medicare and Insurance Counseling
Texas Elderly Nutrition & Wellness
- Feeding Texas
- IT’S TIME TEXAS
- San Antonio Food Bank
- SNAP Food Benefits
- Lone Star Card
- Good Food. Good Move
- Texercise
Texas Prescription Assistance
Texas Senior and Healthcare Transportation
- Alamo Regional Transit (ART)
- AmbTrans Ambulance
- Amera Solutions
- Amistad
- Bailey County Senior Transportation Van
- Baytown Resource & Assistance Center
- Brazos Transit District
- Brownsville Metro
- Carrollton Taxi Cab
- CARTS
- Citibus On-Demand
- City of San Antonio Senior Transportation
- Collin County Transit
- Community Transit Services (CTS)
- Cowboy Cab Company
- Denton County Taxi
- DFW Taxi Express
- Fort Bend County Demand Response Service
- Fort Bend Seniors Transportation
- GoBus
- Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission (GCRPC)
- Goliad County Rural Transit
- Grand Connection Transit
- Greater Randolph Area Services Program (GRASP)
- Gulf Coast Transit District
- Hays County – Transport To Audie Murphy
- Hidalgo County EMS
- Hill Country Transit District
- J Ride
- Jefferson Outreach Transportation
- Katy Area Ride Service
- Longview Transit
- Lower Rio Grande Valley Metro
- M & S Medical Transportation
- Med Blue
- Metrocrest Services Transportation
- Midland Odessa Urban Transit District (EZ-Rider)
- My Ride North Texas
- National Cab, San Antonio
- Northeast Senior Assistance Transportation
- Panhandle Transit
- Parkland Health & Hospital System Transportation
- Patient Care Ride – Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Service
- Peace of Mind Transport
- Port Arthur Transit (PAT)
- Presa Community Center Transportation
- Project Amistad
- REAL Transit
- Refugio County Texas
- Ride Connect Texas
- Ride N Safe Medical Transport
- Rr Transportation Services
- San Antonio Wheelchair Transportation
- Senior Connect – Transportation Program
- SHARP Lines Rural Public Transportation
- ShurMed
- South East Texas Transit (SETT)
- Southern Brazoria County Transit System
- SPARTAN Public Transportation
- STAR Transit
- Sun Metro
- TAPS Public Transit
- Texas Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
- TEXVET Senior Connect – Transportation Progam
- T-LINE
- Trinity Metro
- Valley Metro Transit
- VIA Metropolitan Transit
- Viba Transportation
- Vitalis Medical Transport Service
- Waco Transit System (WTS)
- YellowCab
Texas County Offices for Aging
Area Agency on Aging of the Panhandle (Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler)
Address: PO Box 9257, Amarillo, TX, 79105
Phone: 800-460-2226
Phone: 806-331-2227
Area Agency on Aging of the South Plains (Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Hockley, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Motley, Terry, Yoakum)
Address: PO Box 3730, Freedom Station, Lubbock, TX 79452
Phone: 888-418-6564
Phone: 806-687-0940
Area Agency on Aging of North Texas (Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Jack, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger, Young)
Address: PO Box 5144, Wichita Falls, TX 76307
Phone: 800-460-2226
Phone: 940-322-5281
North Central Texas Area Agency on Aging (Collin, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Wise)
Address: 616 Six Flags Drive, Arlington, TX 76011
Phone: 800-272-3921
Phone: 817-695-9196
Ark-Tex Region Area Agency on Aging (Bowie, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Morris, Red River, Titus)
Address: 4808 Elizabeth Street, Texarkana, TX 75503
Phone: 800-372-4464
Phone: 903-832-8636
Area Agency on Aging of East Texas (Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Marion, Panola, Rains, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood)
Address: 1501 Pentecost Road, Kilgore, TX 75662
Phone: 800-442-8845
Phone: 903-218-6500
Area Agency on Aging of West Central Texas (Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Kent, Knox, Mitchell, Nolan, Runnels, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, Throckmorton)
Address: 3702 Loop 322, Abilene, TX 79602
Phone: 800-928-2262
Phone: 325-793-8417
Rio Grande Area Agency on Aging (Brewster, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Presidio)
Address: 8037 Lockheed, Suite 100, El Paso, TX 79925
Phone: 800-333-7082
Phone: 915-533-0998
Area Agency on Aging of the Permian Basin (Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Loving, Martin, Midland, Pecos, Reeves, Terrell, Upton, Ward, Winkler)
Address: PO Box 60660, Midland, TX 79711
Phone: 800-491-4636
Phone: 432-563-1061
Area Agency on Aging of the Concho Valley (Coke, Concho, Crockett, Irion, Kimble, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Reagan, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Tom Green)
Address: 2801 W. Loop 306, Suite A, San Angelo, TX 76904
Phone: 877-944-9666
Phone: 325-223-5704
Area Agency on Aging of the Heart of Texas (Bosque, Falls, Freestone, Hill, Limestone, McLennan)
Address: 1514 S. New Road, Waco, TX 76711
Phone: 254-292-1800
Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Travis, Williamson)
Address: 6800 Burleson Road, Building 310, Suite 165, Austin, TX 78744
Phone: 888-622-9111 ext. 6062
Phone: 512-916-6062
Brazos Valley Area Agency on Aging (Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson, Washington)
Address: 3991 East 29th, Bryan, Texas 77802
Phone: 800-994-4000
Phone: 979-595-2806 Ext. 5
Area Agency on Aging of Deep East Texas (Angelina, Houston, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler)
Address: 1405 Kurth Drive, Lufkin, TX 75904
Phone: 800-256-6848
Phone: 409-384-5704
Area Agency on Aging of Southeast Texas (Hardin, Jefferson, Orange)
Address: 2210 Eastex Freeway, Beaumont, TX 77703
Phone: 800-395-5465
Phone: 409-899-8444
Houston-Galveston Area Agency on Aging (Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Walker, Waller, Wharton)
Address: PO Box 22777, Houston, TX 77227
Phone: 800-437-7396
Phone: 713-627-3200
Golden Crescent Area Agency on Aging (Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, Victoria)
Address: 1908 N. Laurent, Suite 600, Victoria, TX 77901
Phone: 800-574-9745
Phone: 361-578-1587
Alamo Area Agency on Aging (Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Frio, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, McMullen, Medina, Wilson)
Address: 8700 Tesoro Drive, Suite 160, San Antonio, TX 78217
Phone: 866-231-4922
Phone: 210-362-5212
Area Agency on Aging of the South Texas Development Council (Jim Hogg, Starr, Webb, Zapata)
Address: PO Box 2187, Laredo, TX 78044
Phone: 800-292-5426
Phone: 956-722-3995
Area Agency on Aging of the Coastal Bend (Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio)
Address: 2910 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi, TX 78408
Phone: 800-817-5743
Phone: 361-883-3935
Area Agency on Aging of the Lower Rio Grande Valley (Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy)
Address: 255 South Kansas, Weslaco, TX 78596
Phone: 800-365-6131
Phone: 956-682-3481
Area Agency on Aging of Texoma (Cooke, Fannin, Grayson)
Address: 1117 Gallagher Drive, Sherman, TX 75090
Phone: 800-677-8264
Phone: 903-813-3505
Area Agency on Aging of Central Texas (Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Milam, Mills, San Saba)
Address: 2180 North Main Street, Belton, TX 76513
Phone: 800-447-7169
Phone: 254-770-2344
Area Agency on Aging of the Middle Rio Grande Development Council (Dimmit, Edwards, Kinney, La Salle, Maverick, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala)
Address: 307 W. Nopal, Carrizo Springs, TX 78834
Phone: 800-224-4262
Phone: 830-757-6122
Dallas Area Agency on Aging (Dallas)
Address: 1341 West Mockingbird Lane, Suite 1000W, Dallas, TX 75247
Phone: 800-252-9240
Phone: 214-871-5065
Area Agency on Aging of Tarrant County (Tarrant)
Address: 1500 N. Main, Ste. 200, Fort Worth, TX 76164-0448
Phone: 817-258-8102
Bexar Area Agency on Aging (Bexar)
Address: 8700 Tesoro Drive, Suite 160, San Antonio, TX 78217
Phone: 866-231-4922
Phone: 210-477-3275
Harris Area Agency on Aging (Harris)
Address: 8000 N Stadium Drive, 3rd Floor, Houston, TX 77054
Phone: 800-213-8471
Phone: 832-393-4301
Resources
National Healthcare, Caregiving & Senior Living Resources
- The Official U.S. Government Site for Medicare
- Administration for Community Living
- National Council for Aging Care
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- The National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care
- Pioneer Network: Culture Change in Long-Term Care
- The Center for Social Gerontology
Texas Healthcare, Caregiving & Senior Living Resources
- Texas Care for People 60+
- Texas Long Term Care
- Texas Long-term Care Provider Search
- Texas Aging & Disability Resource Center
- ADRC Locations
- Texas Senior Transportation
- Medical Transportation Program
- Texas Association of Regional Councils
- Mental Health & Substance Use
- Texas Silver Alert Program
Alzheimer’s Organizations & Resources
- Alzheimers Foundation of America
- Alzheimers Association
- Alzheimers Resource Centre
- Alzheimers Association – Texas
- Alzheimer’s Texas
- Texas Alzheimer’s Disease Program
- Alzheimer’s Association Chapters in Texas
- Alzheimer’s Alliance of Smith County (Tyler)
- Texas State Plan for Alzheimer’s Disease 2019-2023
Texas Senior Health Studies
