Modeled memory care in Texas has a median $7,083/month (modeled range $6,799–$7,366), below the national median. Method: assisted living plus a documented 20-30% premium band.
Based on 2025 survey data.
● Texas $7,083 ○ National median $7,788
Medians with each area's position against the national figure. Bars are drawn to scale.
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Why is this number different on other sites? Other sites may use a different survey year, an average instead of a median, or a narrower sample of providers. Every figure on this page states its source and period so you can compare like with like. We don't yet publish a room-type/care-level breakdown for Texas; our cost model currently reports a single blended range.
What drives memory care cost in Texas?
Texas in-home care runs about $30/hour. The crossover point is where families decide.
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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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Every family starts with a number. Here's what different monthly budgets realistically cover in Texas, grounded in local medians on this page.
The default payer for most families at the start, especially for assisted living and in-home care. Often combined with a second source once savings run low.
Pays toward care costs if a policy was purchased in advance, usually years before care is needed. Policy terms (daily/monthly benefit caps, elimination periods) vary widely. Check the policy documents directly.
Covers nursing home care in every state, and many states offer Home & Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers that extend Medicaid to assisted living or in-home care. Eligibility rules and waiver availability are state-specific.
An added benefit on top of a VA pension for eligible wartime veterans (or surviving spouses) who need help with daily activities. Requires meeting service, income, and care-need criteria.
Does not cover long-term custodial care (help with daily living). It can cover short-term skilled nursing or home health following a qualifying hospital stay, under specific conditions.
Texas Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in Texas resolve concerns about care and rights. Call 1-800-252-2412.
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Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOVNamed programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.
Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.
Free nationwide connection to local aging services.
Local health and human services referrals.
Screen for benefits you may qualify for.
ACL Disability Information and Access Line.
Veterans health care and long-term care programs.
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Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, memory care in Texas costs $7,083/month (median, 2025 data).
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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.
The median $7,083/month (modeled range $6,799–$7,366). Based on 2025 survey data.
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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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