Brushy Creek vs Santa Rita Ranch

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

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

Brushy Creek has the higher population (20,953 vs 4,055 in Santa Rita Ranch). Santa Rita Ranch has the higher median household income ($141,250 vs $137,630 in Brushy Creek). Santa Rita Ranch has the higher median home value ($464,800 vs $451,500 in Brushy Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Brushy Creek	Santa Rita Ranch
Population	20,953	4,055
Median age	38.2 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$137,630	$141,250
Median home value	$451,500	$464,800
Median gross rent	$2,024	$3,227
Housing units	7,421	1,413
Homeownership rate	72.9%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.0%	59.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brushy Creek	Santa Rita Ranch
Population	18,399 → 20,953 (+13.9%)	2,232 → 4,055 (+81.7%)
Median household income	$110,179 → $137,630 (+24.9%)	$160,391 → $141,250 (-11.9%)
Median home value	$294,000 → $451,500 (+53.6%)	$355,000 → $464,800 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,517 → $2,024 (+33.4%)	$2,710 → $3,227 (+19.1%)

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

Santa Rita Ranch

Population

2,2324,055

Median household income

$160,391$141,250

Median home value

$355,000$464,800

Median gross rent

$2,710$3,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brushy Creek	Santa Rita Ranch
Under 5	4.8%	11.0%
5 to 17	22.7%	21.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	16.8%	18.8%
45 to 54	16.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.1%	4.9%
75 and over	3.7%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brushy Creek	Santa Rita Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	55.6%	69.2%
Black or African American	6.9%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	11.7%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brushy Creek	Santa Rita Ranch
No high school diploma	3.3%	4.4%
High school graduate	10.9%	6.4%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	47.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brushy Creek	Santa Rita Ranch
Drove alone	62.0%	52.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.3%	35.7%
Other means	1.5%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brushy Creek	Santa Rita Ranch
1-unit, detached	82.4%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brushy Creek	Santa Rita Ranch
Poverty rate	4.6%	1.1%
Average household size	2.86	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1995	2017