Briar vs River Oaks

A side-by-side comparison of Briar and River Oaks: population, income, housing, and more.

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

River Oaks has the higher population (7,516 vs 6,253 in Briar). Briar has the higher median household income ($90,972 vs $65,582 in River Oaks). Briar has the higher median home value ($310,300 vs $202,800 in River Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Briar	River Oaks
Population	6,253	7,516
Median age	39.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,972	$65,582
Median home value	$310,300	$202,800
Median gross rent	$890	$1,220
Housing units	2,614	2,427
Homeownership rate	82.2%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briar	River Oaks
Population	5,241 → 6,253 (+19.3%)	7,685 → 7,516 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$62,123 → $90,972 (+46.4%)	$62,326 → $65,582 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$162,300 → $310,300 (+91.2%)	$101,000 → $202,800 (+100.8%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $890 (+2.7%)	$1,116 → $1,220 (+9.3%)

Briar

Population

5,2416,253

Median household income

$62,123$90,972

Median home value

$162,300$310,300

Median gross rent

$867$890

River Oaks

Population

7,6857,516

Median household income

$62,326$65,582

Median home value

$101,000$202,800

Median gross rent

$1,116$1,220

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briar	River Oaks
Under 5	5.8%	10.0%
5 to 17	18.4%	18.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	18.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	6.2%	7.5%
75 and over	7.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briar	River Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	29.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	67.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briar	River Oaks
No high school diploma	7.8%	26.1%
High school graduate	38.0%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briar	River Oaks
Drove alone	76.6%	66.2%
Carpooled	10.8%	21.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	7.7%
Other means	0.7%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briar	River Oaks
1-unit, detached	70.2%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Briar	River Oaks
Poverty rate	10.8%	13.7%
Average household size	2.87	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	39	29
Median year structure built	1989	1953