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Brazoria gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $234K for a typical one, or 2.9 years of the Houston metro’s $82K median household income. It grades C+ overall, ranked 239th of 640 in Texas. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 74% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top, and residents are less healthy than 85% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Brazoria’s January low is 45°F, against 37°F in Texas’ towns and 22°F across U.S. towns. On history, just 98 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do better.
Where Brazoria beats most towns.
Where Brazoria’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Brazoria is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Its founding year, 1828, comes before those of 98% of the Texas towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 725 in 1870, a low of 432 in 1890, 2,866 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1936 and 2 maps from 1952 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Brazoria, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Brazoria.
Brazoria trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
44% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Brazoria. Brazoria beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 18% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Brazoria.
| Brazoria | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 39% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 8.1% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Brazoria | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 77.3% | 74.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.7% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by Columbia-Brazoria ISD. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Brazos J HLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 651 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Brazoria for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Brazoria grew to 591 in 2023, 50 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Houston (18%), Freeport (7%) and Lake Jackson (6%).
| Brazoria | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $80,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
232 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 26 properties have flooded more than once.
Since 1979, 232 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Brazoria.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes are within reach (about $234K for the typical one, B+ for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 37 miles. 65% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 51.7% across Texas.
The typical Brazoria home is worth about $234,000, down 0.8% in a year, 21% below the Texas typical home. 65% of Brazoria households own their home.
| Brazoria | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 65% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,049 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
January nights average 45.3°, milder than in 97% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 92°. The Freeport 2 Nw weather station, 12 miles away, records that about 82 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 76% of Texas places with climate records.
Brazoria has warm winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Brazoria is 92°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Brazoria’s property crime rate is 15.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Brazoria | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 15.5 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.1 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
1 within 15 miles of the center of Brazoria
About 5 of every 100 Brazoria residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
2 places in Brazoria on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Brazoria.
City in Texas, US
Brazoria ( brə-ZOR-ee-ə) is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States, and is part of the Houston – Sugar Land metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 2,866.
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One town shares a border with Brazoria.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazoria | #239 | C+ | B+ | C+ | B− | C− |
| Wild Peach Village | #375 | C− | A | — | B− | D |
Wild Peach Village reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Brazoria with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Brazoria grades C+ overall, better than 42% of U.S. towns and #239 of 640 in Texas. It grades C− for health, C+ for safety and B− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
3 notable people were born here, including Clay Fuller and Elmo Wright.
