Briar vs Lake Worth

A side-by-side comparison of Briar and Lake Worth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Briar has the higher population (6,253 vs 4,667 in Lake Worth). Briar has the higher median household income ($90,972 vs $83,869 in Lake Worth). Briar has the higher median home value ($310,300 vs $210,700 in Lake Worth).

Population, income & housing

	Briar	Lake Worth
Population	6,253	4,667
Median age	39.4 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,972	$83,869
Median home value	$310,300	$210,700
Median gross rent	$890	$1,342
Housing units	2,614	1,941
Homeownership rate	82.2%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briar	Lake Worth
Population	5,241 → 6,253 (+19.3%)	4,929 → 4,667 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$62,123 → $90,972 (+46.4%)	$60,213 → $83,869 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$162,300 → $310,300 (+91.2%)	$114,600 → $210,700 (+83.9%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $890 (+2.7%)	$1,035 → $1,342 (+29.7%)

Briar

Population

5,2416,253

Median household income

$62,123$90,972

Median home value

$162,300$310,300

Median gross rent

$867$890

Lake Worth

Population

4,9294,667

Median household income

$60,213$83,869

Median home value

$114,600$210,700

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,342

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briar	Lake Worth
Under 5	5.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.4%	10.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	14.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	18.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	6.2%	14.4%
75 and over	7.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briar	Lake Worth
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	60.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	35.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briar	Lake Worth
No high school diploma	7.8%	16.3%
High school graduate	38.0%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briar	Lake Worth
Drove alone	76.6%	65.1%
Carpooled	10.8%	22.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	12.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briar	Lake Worth
1-unit, detached	70.2%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Briar	Lake Worth
Poverty rate	10.8%	16.5%
Average household size	2.87	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	39	28
Median year structure built	1989	1967