Households in Briarcliff have higher incomes than those in 94% of U.S. towns
34% of workers work from home; Texas has 14%. Below the poverty line: 3.6% of residents; Texas has 13.8%. Briarcliff grades A for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Briarcliff, in brief
Briarcliff and Austin trade workers both ways
Austin is the top workplace for Briarcliff residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Briarcliff come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Briarcliff is a place people come home to
There are 214 jobs based in Briarcliff, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Briarcliff has about 1,700 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Briarcliff
34% of Briarcliff workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 921 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Briarcliff
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Briarcliff is better than 92% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Briarcliff’s grade up ($140,938, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Briarcliff could be anywhere from A− to A+.
37% of working residents work in Austin
Where Briarcliff clocks in
37% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A workday in Briarcliff: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 897 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Briarcliff on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.23 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Briarcliff: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Briarcliff workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 847 commuters (the 34% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
66% of the jobs in Briarcliff pay over $3,333 a month
214 jobs are based in Briarcliff.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Briarcliff, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 214. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Briarcliff’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Briarcliff works
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Briarcliff: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Briarcliff is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,288 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.4% of Briarcliff households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Briarcliff’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Briarcliff is 296th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Bartonville TX | 1,937 | $149K | 4.3% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 294 | West Nantmeal Township PA | 2,276 | $126K | 4.7% | 2.9% | 5% | A |
| 295 | New Hope PA | 2,629 | $175K | 4.2% | 4.0% | 13% | A |
| 296 | Briarcliff TX | 2,361 | $141K | 3.6% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| 297 | Kensington NH | 2,092 | $165K | 1.9% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| 298 | Weller Township OH | 1,874 | $97K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Briarcliff, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Briarcliff: questions
What is the median household income in Briarcliff?
$140,938 (±$10,898) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Briarcliff?
3.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Briarcliff?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Briarcliff work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Austin (37%, 19 mi), Bee Cave (8%, 9 mi), Lakeway (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Briarcliff walkable?
Briarcliff is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Briarcliff without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Briarcliff, from the people who make the trip.
More of Briarcliff
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.