Briarcliff vs Shady Hollow

A side-by-side comparison of Briarcliff and Shady Hollow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shady Hollow has the higher population (5,821 vs 2,630 in Briarcliff). Shady Hollow has the higher median household income ($168,477 vs $129,524 in Briarcliff). Shady Hollow has the higher median home value ($644,300 vs $477,400 in Briarcliff).

Population, income & housing

	Briarcliff	Shady Hollow
Population	2,630	5,821
Median age	44.0 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$129,524	$168,477
Median home value	$477,400	$644,300
Median gross rent	$2,436	—
Housing units	1,163	1,985
Homeownership rate	89.3%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.2%	65.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briarcliff	Shady Hollow
Population	1,648 → 2,630 (+59.6%)	4,473 → 5,821 (+30.1%)
Median household income	$104,375 → $129,524 (+24.1%)	$130,000 → $168,477 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$338,300 → $477,400 (+41.1%)	$402,400 → $644,300 (+60.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,677 → $2,436 (+45.3%)	$2,294 → $2,184 (-4.8%)

Briarcliff

Population

1,6482,630

Median household income

$104,375$129,524

Median home value

$338,300$477,400

Median gross rent

$1,677$2,436

Shady Hollow

Population

4,4735,821

Median household income

$130,000$168,477

Median home value

$402,400$644,300

Median gross rent

$2,294$2,184

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briarcliff	Shady Hollow
Under 5	8.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	21.8%
18 to 24	2.9%	1.6%
25 to 34	7.9%	5.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	18.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	14.1%	15.6%
75 and over	3.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briarcliff	Shady Hollow
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	70.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briarcliff	Shady Hollow
No high school diploma	2.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	12.8%	4.8%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	41.3%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	28.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briarcliff	Shady Hollow
Drove alone	64.0%	54.4%
Carpooled	2.8%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.3%	35.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briarcliff	Shady Hollow
1-unit, detached	95.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Briarcliff	Shady Hollow
Poverty rate	2.7%	8.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	37	28
Median year structure built	2002	1987