Briar vs Richland Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Briar and Richland Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Richland Hills has the higher population (8,473 vs 6,253 in Briar). Briar has the higher median household income ($90,972 vs $67,628 in Richland Hills). Briar has the higher median home value ($310,300 vs $232,800 in Richland Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Briar	Richland Hills
Population	6,253	8,473
Median age	39.4 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,972	$67,628
Median home value	$310,300	$232,800
Median gross rent	$890	$1,327
Housing units	2,614	3,375
Homeownership rate	82.2%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briar	Richland Hills
Population	5,241 → 6,253 (+19.3%)	8,051 → 8,473 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$62,123 → $90,972 (+46.4%)	$62,549 → $67,628 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$162,300 → $310,300 (+91.2%)	$149,400 → $232,800 (+55.8%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $890 (+2.7%)	$955 → $1,327 (+39.0%)

Briar

Population

5,2416,253

Median household income

$62,123$90,972

Median home value

$162,300$310,300

Median gross rent

$867$890

Richland Hills

Population

8,0518,473

Median household income

$62,549$67,628

Median home value

$149,400$232,800

Median gross rent

$955$1,327

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briar	Richland Hills
Under 5	5.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	12.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	17.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	18.1%	16.5%
65 to 74	6.2%	12.5%
75 and over	7.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briar	Richland Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	63.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.3%
Asian	0.6%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	26.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briar	Richland Hills
No high school diploma	7.8%	9.9%
High school graduate	38.0%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briar	Richland Hills
Drove alone	76.6%	74.2%
Carpooled	10.8%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	15.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briar	Richland Hills
1-unit, detached	70.2%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Briar	Richland Hills
Poverty rate	10.8%	8.4%
Average household size	2.87	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	39	23
Median year structure built	1989	1959