Briarcliff vs The Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Briarcliff and The Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Briarcliff has the higher population (2,630 vs 2,579 in The Hills). The Hills has the higher median household income ($178,194 vs $129,524 in Briarcliff). The Hills has the higher median home value ($778,100 vs $477,400 in Briarcliff).

Population, income & housing

	Briarcliff	The Hills
Population	2,630	2,579
Median age	44.0 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$129,524	$178,194
Median home value	$477,400	$778,100
Median gross rent	$2,436	$3,501
Housing units	1,163	1,161
Homeownership rate	89.3%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.2%	72.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briarcliff	The Hills
Population	1,648 → 2,630 (+59.6%)	2,586 → 2,579 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$104,375 → $129,524 (+24.1%)	$165,179 → $178,194 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$338,300 → $477,400 (+41.1%)	$547,700 → $778,100 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,677 → $2,436 (+45.3%)	$2,984 → $3,501 (+17.3%)

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

The Hills

Population

2,5862,579

Median household income

$165,179$178,194

Median home value

$547,700$778,100

Median gross rent

$2,984$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briarcliff	The Hills
Under 5	8.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	2.9%	3.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	6.2%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	18.3%	18.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	22.8%
75 and over	3.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briarcliff	The Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	83.8%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briarcliff	The Hills
No high school diploma	2.0%	0.3%
High school graduate	12.8%	4.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	41.3%	43.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	28.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briarcliff	The Hills
Drove alone	64.0%	56.7%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.3%	36.3%
Other means	0.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briarcliff	The Hills
1-unit, detached	95.6%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.1%
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	The Hills
Poverty rate	2.7%	2.4%
Average household size	2.52	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	37	25
Median year structure built	2002	1996