Brushy Creek vs Leander

A side-by-side comparison of Brushy Creek and Leander: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Leander has the higher population (67,880 vs 20,953 in Brushy Creek). Leander has the higher median household income ($140,180 vs $137,630 in Brushy Creek). Leander has the higher median home value ($470,700 vs $451,500 in Brushy Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Brushy Creek	Leander
Population	20,953	67,880
Median age	38.2 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$137,630	$140,180
Median home value	$451,500	$470,700
Median gross rent	$2,024	$1,865
Housing units	7,421	24,154
Homeownership rate	72.9%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.0%	52.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brushy Creek	Leander
Population	18,399 → 20,953 (+13.9%)	53,716 → 67,880 (+26.4%)
Median household income	$110,179 → $137,630 (+24.9%)	$101,872 → $140,180 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$294,000 → $451,500 (+53.6%)	$263,400 → $470,700 (+78.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,517 → $2,024 (+33.4%)	$1,511 → $1,865 (+23.4%)

Brushy Creek

Population

18,39920,953

Median household income

$110,179$137,630

Median home value

$294,000$451,500

Median gross rent

$1,517$2,024

Leander

Population

53,71667,880

Median household income

$101,872$140,180

Median home value

$263,400$470,700

Median gross rent

$1,511$1,865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brushy Creek	Leander
Under 5	4.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	22.7%	20.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	16.8%	19.8%
45 to 54	16.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.3%
65 to 74	6.1%	5.6%
75 and over	3.7%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brushy Creek	Leander
White (non-Hispanic)	55.6%	53.8%
Black or African American	6.9%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	11.7%	12.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	22.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brushy Creek	Leander
No high school diploma	3.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	10.9%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brushy Creek	Leander
Drove alone	62.0%	61.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.3%	27.8%
Other means	1.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brushy Creek	Leander
1-unit, detached	82.4%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	5.4%
20 or more units	4.3%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Brushy Creek	Leander
Poverty rate	4.6%	4.4%
Average household size	2.86	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1995	2012