Memory care in Texas costs a median of $7,083 a month (estimated range $6,799 to $7,366), below the national median. The figure is estimated from local assisted living costs plus a 20 to 30% memory care premium.
Based on 2025 CareScout assisted-living medians.
Median monthly price, Texas
$7,083/mo
Estimated range $6,799 – $7,366
● Texas $7,083 ○ National median $7,788
Source: Based on 2025 assisted living costs plus a memory care premium
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Texas in-home care runs about $30 an hour.
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Around 54 hours a week, home care crosses the memory care median. Full-time and overnight care cost several times more.
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Texas
$7,083/mo/mo
Based on 2025 survey data.
National median
$7,788/mo/mo
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Texas memory care runs about $7,083 a month at the median, below the national figure, with a wide spread between cities. Here is what sits inside that price, what the Texas license requires, and the programs that pay part of it.
Memory care is assisted living plus a secured environment, higher staffing and dementia-trained staff, and Texas communities price it as a premium of roughly 20 to 30 percent over their assisted living rate, which is how our model derives the figure. Within the state, the table above shows the spread: about $6,635 in El Paso and $6,704 in Houston at the low end, $7,693 in Dallas and Fort Worth, and $8,114 in Austin at the top. Private rooms cost more than shared, and most communities add care-level charges as needs grow.
A facility that advertises memory care in Texas must hold a Type B assisted living license, which allows residents who need staff help to evacuate, plus the state's Alzheimer's certification, which sets staffing, training and physical-plant standards for the secured unit. Ask to see both on the license. A Type A facility cannot legally keep a resident who can no longer evacuate on their own.
Private pay is the norm, and long-term care insurance and VA Aid and Attendance cover part of the bill for those who have them. STAR+PLUS, the Texas Medicaid managed care program, includes an assisted living benefit that can cover care services in a participating memory care unit for members who meet the nursing-home level-of-care test and financial limits; room and board stays with the resident, and there is an interest list. Families comparing against home care can use the hourly math above: at Texas's $30 an hour, 44 hours a week of in-home care already costs more than the memory care median.
Sources: Texas Health and Human Services · ElderCareCosts 2026 cost index (2025 survey data). Checked 2026-09-07.
Memory care in Texas costs a median of $7,083 a month (estimated range $6,799 to $7,366). Based on 2025 CareScout assisted-living medians.
About $7,083 a month at the median in our 2026 index, based on 2025 survey data, with a modeled range of $6,799 to $7,366. Cities range from about $6,635 in El Paso to $8,114 in Austin.
STAR+PLUS can pay for care services in a participating assisted living memory care unit for members who qualify medically and financially, with an interest list. Room and board is paid by the resident.
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