Brushy Creek vs Taylor

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

Brushy Creek and Taylor 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 16,767 in Taylor). Brushy Creek has the higher median household income ($137,630 vs $71,665 in Taylor). Brushy Creek has the higher median home value ($451,500 vs $246,800 in Taylor).

Population, income & housing

	Brushy Creek	Taylor
Population	20,953	16,767
Median age	38.2 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$137,630	$71,665
Median home value	$451,500	$246,800
Median gross rent	$2,024	$1,181
Housing units	7,421	7,102
Homeownership rate	72.9%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.0%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brushy Creek	Taylor
Population	18,399 → 20,953 (+13.9%)	17,001 → 16,767 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$110,179 → $137,630 (+24.9%)	$52,672 → $71,665 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$294,000 → $451,500 (+53.6%)	$158,400 → $246,800 (+55.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,517 → $2,024 (+33.4%)	$931 → $1,181 (+26.9%)

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

Taylor

Population

17,00116,767

Median household income

$52,672$71,665

Median home value

$158,400$246,800

Median gross rent

$931$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brushy Creek	Taylor
Under 5	4.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	22.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	16.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	16.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	6.1%	12.5%
75 and over	3.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brushy Creek	Taylor
White (non-Hispanic)	55.6%	45.7%
Black or African American	6.9%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	11.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	45.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brushy Creek	Taylor
No high school diploma	3.3%	15.9%
High school graduate	10.9%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brushy Creek	Taylor
Drove alone	62.0%	76.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	28.3%	11.3%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brushy Creek	Taylor
1-unit, detached	82.4%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	3.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Brushy Creek	Taylor
Poverty rate	4.6%	9.1%
Average household size	2.86	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1995	1978