Brookshire vs Waller

A side-by-side comparison of Brookshire and Waller: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brookshire has the higher population (5,330 vs 3,062 in Waller). Brookshire has the higher median household income ($62,987 vs $37,163 in Waller). Brookshire has the higher median home value ($117,000 vs $115,100 in Waller).

Population, income & housing

	Brookshire	Waller
Population	5,330	3,062
Median age	26.5 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,987	$37,163
Median home value	$117,000	$115,100
Median gross rent	$1,300	$1,022
Housing units	1,766	1,300
Homeownership rate	58.5%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookshire	Waller
Population	5,376 → 5,330 (-0.9%)	3,124 → 3,062 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$42,986 → $62,987 (+46.5%)	$36,834 → $37,163 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $117,000 (+39.0%)	$124,400 → $115,100 (-7.5%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $1,300 (+35.4%)	$935 → $1,022 (+9.3%)

Brookshire

Population

5,3765,330

Median household income

$42,986$62,987

Median home value

$84,200$117,000

Median gross rent

$960$1,300

Waller

Population

3,1243,062

Median household income

$36,834$37,163

Median home value

$124,400$115,100

Median gross rent

$935$1,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookshire	Waller
Under 5	8.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	26.5%	14.5%
18 to 24	13.2%	25.2%
25 to 34	14.8%	23.8%
35 to 44	18.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	4.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	8.0%
65 to 74	2.6%	3.2%
75 and over	2.3%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookshire	Waller
White (non-Hispanic)	13.7%	46.3%
Black or African American	20.0%	29.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	63.4%	23.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookshire	Waller
No high school diploma	29.1%	9.9%
High school graduate	24.2%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookshire	Waller
Drove alone	89.4%	81.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	1.6%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookshire	Waller
1-unit, detached	43.3%	34.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	32.4%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	25.3%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Brookshire	Waller
Poverty rate	17.2%	24.0%
Average household size	3.26	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1989	1987