Briarcliff vs West Lake Hills

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

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

West Lake Hills has the higher population (3,315 vs 2,630 in Briarcliff). West Lake Hills has the higher median household income ($211,471 vs $129,524 in Briarcliff). West Lake Hills has the higher median home value ($1,647,400 vs $477,400 in Briarcliff).

Population, income & housing

	Briarcliff	West Lake Hills
Population	2,630	3,315
Median age	44.0 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$129,524	$211,471
Median home value	$477,400	$1,647,400
Median gross rent	$2,436	$3,501
Housing units	1,163	1,344
Homeownership rate	89.3%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.2%	80.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briarcliff	West Lake Hills
Population	1,648 → 2,630 (+59.6%)	3,311 → 3,315 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$104,375 → $129,524 (+24.1%)	$187,569 → $211,471 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$338,300 → $477,400 (+41.1%)	$1,001,800 → $1,647,400 (+64.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,677 → $2,436 (+45.3%)	$1,433 → $3,501 (+144.3%)

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

West Lake Hills

Population

3,3113,315

Median household income

$187,569$211,471

Median home value

$1,001,800$1,647,400

Median gross rent

$1,433$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briarcliff	West Lake Hills
Under 5	8.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	24.2%
18 to 24	2.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	1.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	7.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	16.6%
55 to 64	18.3%	21.6%
65 to 74	14.1%	10.8%
75 and over	3.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briarcliff	West Lake Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	82.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briarcliff	West Lake Hills
No high school diploma	2.0%	0.4%
High school graduate	12.8%	3.9%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	41.3%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	47.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briarcliff	West Lake Hills
Drove alone	64.0%	51.5%
Carpooled	2.8%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.3%	38.6%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briarcliff	West Lake Hills
1-unit, detached	95.6%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Briarcliff	West Lake Hills
Poverty rate	2.7%	8.4%
Average household size	2.52	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	37	20
Median year structure built	2002	1988