Briscoe County vs Foard County

A side-by-side comparison of Briscoe County and Foard County: population, income, housing, and more.

Briscoe County and Foard County are counties in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Briscoe County has the higher population (1,223 vs 1,079 in Foard County). Foard County has the higher median household income ($42,212 vs $41,188 in Briscoe County). Briscoe County has the higher median home value ($82,900 vs $71,400 in Foard County).

Population, income & housing

	Briscoe County	Foard County
Population	1,223	1,079
Median age	50.8 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,188	$42,212
Median home value	$82,900	$71,400
Median gross rent	$692	$577
Housing units	901	602
Homeownership rate	78.2%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briscoe County	Foard County
Population	1,457 → 1,223 (-16.1%)	1,275 → 1,079 (-15.4%)
Median household income	$40,227 → $41,188 (+2.4%)	$43,625 → $42,212 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $82,900 (+25.6%)	$46,400 → $71,400 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $692 (+2.5%)	$491 → $577 (+17.5%)

Briscoe County

Population

1,4571,223

Median household income

$40,227$41,188

Median home value

$66,000$82,900

Median gross rent

$675$692

Foard County

Population

1,2751,079

Median household income

$43,625$42,212

Median home value

$46,400$71,400

Median gross rent

$491$577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briscoe County	Foard County
Under 5	3.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	18.4%
18 to 24	3.5%	13.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	4.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	7.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	15.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	16.1%	10.9%
75 and over	11.9%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briscoe County	Foard County
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	70.0%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	18.1%
Hispanic or Latino	26.2%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briscoe County	Foard County
No high school diploma	19.5%	18.8%
High school graduate	28.8%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briscoe County	Foard County
Drove alone	68.1%	65.3%
Carpooled	17.0%	28.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	4.3%
Other means	6.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briscoe County	Foard County
1-unit, detached	88.2%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Briscoe County	Foard County
Poverty rate	15.3%	20.9%
Average household size	2.20	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1964	1962