Brazoria vs Richwood

A side-by-side comparison of Brazoria and Richwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Brazoria and Richwood are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Richwood has the higher population (4,766 vs 2,859 in Brazoria). Richwood has the higher median household income ($80,250 vs $51,354 in Brazoria). Richwood has the higher median home value ($230,800 vs $168,800 in Brazoria).

Population, income & housing

	Brazoria	Richwood
Population	2,859	4,766
Median age	34.6 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,354	$80,250
Median home value	$168,800	$230,800
Median gross rent	$961	$1,215
Housing units	1,289	2,006
Homeownership rate	60.1%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brazoria	Richwood
Population	3,078 → 2,859 (-7.1%)	3,911 → 4,766 (+21.9%)
Median household income	$53,516 → $51,354 (-4.0%)	$68,567 → $80,250 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $168,800 (+52.3%)	$175,700 → $230,800 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $961 (+20.4%)	$1,034 → $1,215 (+17.5%)

Brazoria

Population

3,0782,859

Median household income

$53,516$51,354

Median home value

$110,800$168,800

Median gross rent

$798$961

Richwood

Population

3,9114,766

Median household income

$68,567$80,250

Median home value

$175,700$230,800

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,215

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brazoria	Richwood
Under 5	7.0%	9.6%
5 to 17	20.5%	20.7%
18 to 24	1.9%	10.5%
25 to 34	21.8%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	7.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	12.6%	7.0%
75 and over	4.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brazoria	Richwood
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	43.2%
Black or African American	10.7%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	48.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brazoria	Richwood
No high school diploma	17.0%	20.0%
High school graduate	34.5%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brazoria	Richwood
Drove alone	88.4%	86.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brazoria	Richwood
1-unit, detached	68.2%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	16.9%
20 or more units	4.1%	17.8%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brazoria	Richwood
Poverty rate	15.1%	4.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1975	1986