Briggs vs Cottonwood Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Briggs and Cottonwood Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cottonwood Shores has the higher population (1,626 vs 69 in Briggs). Since 2019, Cottonwood Shores's population has grown faster (+10.8% vs -28.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Briggs	Cottonwood Shores
Population	69	1,626
Median age	57.9 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$64,716
Median home value	—	$236,200
Median gross rent	—	$996
Housing units	53	598
Homeownership rate	64.2%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briggs	Cottonwood Shores
Population	97 → 69 (-28.9%)	1,467 → 1,626 (+10.8%)
Median household income	—	$54,766 → $64,716 (+18.2%)
Median home value	—	$134,300 → $236,200 (+75.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,113 → $996 (-10.5%)

Briggs

Population

9769

Cottonwood Shores

Population

1,4671,626

Median household income

$54,766$64,716

Median home value

$134,300$236,200

Median gross rent

$1,113$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briggs	Cottonwood Shores
Under 5	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	24.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	17.6%
65 to 74	49.3%	5.4%
75 and over	0.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briggs	Cottonwood Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	49.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	47.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briggs	Cottonwood Shores
No high school diploma	21.7%	15.0%
High school graduate	23.2%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briggs	Cottonwood Shores
Drove alone	69.2%	81.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.8%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briggs	Cottonwood Shores
1-unit, detached	35.8%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	64.2%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Briggs	Cottonwood Shores
Poverty rate	49.3%	10.0%
Average household size	1.30	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	2005	1999