BriarTX
A town of 7,228, settled in 1890.
Is Briar a good place to live?
Briar’s grades pull in different directions. The weak point is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 93% of U.S. towns. With a C+ overall, Briar sits 279th of 640 in Texas. Set against the rest, it does better than 35% of U.S. towns. At about $406K, a typical home costs 4.5 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. Incomes is its strong suit: the median household earns $104K. The town’s mean commuting time is 39 minutes, against 25 minutes in Texas’ towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow.
Briar has grown 24% from 2010 to 2020
5,665 counted in 2010 and 7,035 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Briar grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Briar is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Briar: who provides what
Briar is unincorporated, so Parker County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Briar.
Briar has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Fort Worth and beyond, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
For most of its workers, the job is outside Briar
Briar has 259 jobs for its 3,130 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 38.9 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
For most workers, Briar is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. 6.9% of residents live below the poverty line in the town. Half the trips to work are shorter than 22 miles. The top destinations are Fort Worth (27%), Dallas (6%) and Azle (4%).
| Briar | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 39 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $104,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On state tests, Briar’s schools beat 58% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Azle ISD. 540 students attend Briar’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 540 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
In Briar, expect mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 95.9°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 33.2°. The Decatur weather station, 15 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 237 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 77% of Texas places with climate records.
In Briar, the January low is 33°F. Snow is a rarity.
| Briar | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 33°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Briar are less healthy than 63% of U.S. towns
Against the 7,955 U.S. towns with household incomes like Briar’s, it is less healthy than 89%, so it trails even them.
The share of adults in Briar who say their health is fair or poor: 22%. Against the Texas average, Briar comes out ahead on 7 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 11. Among adults in the town, 25% have been diagnosed with depression and 16% smoke cigarettes.
| Briar | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Briar | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 13.3% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 13.1% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.9% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Briar is conserved land
2.0 miles of trail. Briar’s concentration of trails comes in at 0.1 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Briar faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
56 flood insurance claims have been paid in Briar since 1981. On expected storm and flood damage, Briar sits above 52% of U.S. communities. 43% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 22%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Briar sells for about $497K at the median
83% of Briar households live in a home they own. The town’s rent at the middle of the market stands at $1,234 a month.
| Briar | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 83% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,234 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Briar
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Briar; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Briar residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
99% of working residents leave Briar for work
Where Briar’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Briar’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Briar.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briar | #279 | C+ | C+ | — | B | C+ |
| Pecan Acres | #195 | B− | C | — | B+ | B+ |
| Reno | #248 | C+ | C+ | — | B− | C |
| Azle | #326 | C | C− | C+ | B | C+ |
| Pelican Bay | #220 | C+ | B | — | B | B− |
Briar, Pecan Acres, Reno and Pelican Bay report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Briar with a neighbor →
Questions about Briar
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Briar, TX a good place to live?
Briar grades C+ overall, better than 35% of U.S. towns and #279 of 640 in Texas. It grades C+ for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Briar, TX expensive?
The typical home is worth about $406,000, 37% above the Texas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.