Brushy CreekTX
A town of 19,576, settled in 1851.
Is Brushy Creek a good place to live?
Health is where it shines: it is healthier than 92% of U.S. towns. The drawback is cost of living (D): the typical home is worth about $499K, 5 years of the Austin metro’s $100K median household income. Overall, that makes an A−, good for 26th of 640 in Texas. It comes out better than just over four fifths of U.S. towns. Only 34 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score higher on the outdoors. Brushy Creek Community Park, at 69 acres with 1.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. 58% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more locally, against 23% in Texas’ towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Only 72 of Texas’ 990 towns score higher on incomes.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US · OpenStreetMap.
What makes Brushy Creek stand out
Where Brushy Creek beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Brushy Creek | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.3% | 19.3% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Elsa England El | PK–5 | 987 |
| Great Oaks El | PK–5 | 868 |
| Fern Bluff El | PK–5 | 596 |
7 miles of trails in Brushy Creek
8.4% of the town is conserved land, across 16 parks and preserves.
How Brushy Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Brushy Creek is from typical.
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Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium and 42 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Brushy Creek. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
16 mi Stadium & arenaMoody Center
5 mi Stadium & arenaCedar Park Center
9 mi Stadium & arenaQ2 Stadium
13 mi LakeLake Travis
18 mi LakeLady Bird LakePhoto credits
Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium: Brint03, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Moody Center: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Cedar Park Center: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Q2 Stadium: Daniel Ziegler, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Travis: Trey Perry, CC BY 3.0 · Lady Bird Lake: Arvindn on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Brushy Creek: who provides what
Brushy Creek is unincorporated, so Williamson 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 Brushy Creek.
Brushy Creek has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns, has less food insecurity than most of Texas and sends most of its workers to Austin and beyond.
8.4% of the land in Brushy Creek is protected from building
Walkers can cover 7.3 miles of trail in 16 parks and preserves. In Brushy Creek, the trail network density is 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Brushy Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8.4% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Brushy Creek Community Park | 1.7 mi | 69 |
| 2. Beck Preserve | 0.9 mi | 44 |
| 3. Fern Bluff Park | 0.7 mi | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On state tests, Brushy Creek’s schools beat 84% of Texas districts
Its A− for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $499K.
Two of its 6 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. The public schools here belong to Round Rock ISD. 6 public schools serve Brushy Creek, with 5,201 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Valley MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,306 | A |
| Elsa England ElTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 987 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
For health, Brushy Creek earns an A
Its widest gap with Texas is food insecurity: 8.3% of its 16,322 adults worry about having enough food, against 19.3% statewide. Against the 3,696 U.S. towns with household incomes like Brushy Creek’s, it is healthier than 74%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
31% of Brushy Creek adults have obesity. The town beats the Texas average on 21 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. In Brushy Creek, 14% of adults say their health is fair or poor, and 8.7% smoke cigarettes.
| Brushy Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 24% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.7% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Brushy Creek | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.3% | 19.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.7% | 19.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 6.9% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About half of Brushy Creek’s working residents commute to Austin
Brushy Creek has 2,148 jobs for its 10,975 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 1,369 in 2013 to 2,148.
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Brushy Creek rose by 779, to 2,148. Only 2% of working residents stay in Brushy Creek for work; the rest commute out. The town’s typical household income comes in at $139,000. Half the trips to work are shorter than 12 miles.
| Brushy Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 31% | 9.6% | 11% |
| Median household income | $139,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Brushy Creek has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
FEMA puts nearly half of Brushy Creek’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 19% to cold waves. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in just over three quarters of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Brushy Creek
July afternoons average 95.6°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 37.9°.
Snow is almost unheard of. Brushy Creek’s typical July afternoon high stands at 96°F.
| Brushy Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 38°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Brushy Creek sells for about $505K at the median
The median property tax bill is $7,846, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
A home in Brushy Creek typically sold within 39 days of listing. For Brushy Creek, the going rate for rent is $2,127 a month. In Brushy Creek, the typical sale closed at 97.9% of the list price.
| Brushy Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,127 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 73% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Brushy Creek
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Brushy Creek
About 5 of every 100 Brushy Creek residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
98% of working residents leave Brushy Creek for work
Where Brushy Creek’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Brushy Creek
CDP in Texas, United States
Brushy Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Williamson County, Texas, United States. The population was 22,519 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 7.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 827 ft
Brushy Creek’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Brushy Creek.
At #26 in TX, it grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Cedar Park (A−) comes closest.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Creek | #26 | A− | D | — | A− | A |
| Round Rock | #120 | B | D | C+ | A− | A− |
| Cedar Park | #57 | A− | D | B− | A− | A |
| Austin | #294 | C | D | D | B− | A |
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Questions about Brushy Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Brushy Creek, TX a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Brushy Creek grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #26 of 640 in Texas. It grades A for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Brushy Creek, TX expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $499,000, 68% 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 D.