Briscoe County vs Glasscock County

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

Briscoe County and Glasscock 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 1,070 in Glasscock County). Glasscock County has the higher median household income ($106,806 vs $41,188 in Briscoe County). Glasscock County has the higher median home value ($248,600 vs $82,900 in Briscoe County).

Population, income & housing

	Briscoe County	Glasscock County
Population	1,223	1,070
Median age	50.8 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,188	$106,806
Median home value	$82,900	$248,600
Median gross rent	$692	—
Housing units	901	463
Homeownership rate	78.2%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briscoe County	Glasscock County
Population	1,457 → 1,223 (-16.1%)	1,510 → 1,070 (-29.1%)
Median household income	$40,227 → $41,188 (+2.4%)	$78,456 → $106,806 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $82,900 (+25.6%)	$229,200 → $248,600 (+8.5%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $692 (+2.5%)	$904 → $700 (-22.6%)

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

Glasscock County

Population

1,5101,070

Median household income

$78,456$106,806

Median home value

$229,200$248,600

Median gross rent

$904$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briscoe County	Glasscock County
Under 5	3.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	13.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	1.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	17.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	16.1%	5.8%
75 and over	11.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briscoe County	Glasscock County
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	66.3%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	26.2%	27.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briscoe County	Glasscock County
No high school diploma	19.5%	12.4%
High school graduate	28.8%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briscoe County	Glasscock County
Drove alone	68.1%	81.0%
Carpooled	17.0%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	14.1%
Other means	6.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briscoe County	Glasscock County
1-unit, detached	88.2%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Briscoe County	Glasscock County
Poverty rate	15.3%	8.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1964	1977