10/12/2026
Where does care show up in the property record?
In 232 of the 247 Texas counties with clear land-use reporting, county assessor records show no parcel coded as a nursing or retirement home. Four metro counties, Harris, Bexar, Dallas and Travis, hold 79 percent of the ones that are.
Land-use codes are not a directory, and facilities can operate under other designations. But they show how differently the built environment looks across the state for the nearly one million older Texans who live alone.
From The SeniorThrive Aging-Alone Index: Texas Edition, powered by TovoData. https://seniorthrive.com/aging-alone-index/texas?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=aging-alone-index-tx&utm_content=s3