Best PlacesBriar, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Briar, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Briar ranks 17,972nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Briar
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Briar's strengths and weaknesses
Where Briar ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Briar ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- Short commute36.0 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Briar
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Briar home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $94,607, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Briar's effective rate of 1.17%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Briar
Briar's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Briar.
Who works in Briar, and how
Work in Briar centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Briar
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Briar.
What the weather is like in Briar, month by month
Briar sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 77° | 66° | 55° |
| July | 98° | 87° | 77° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Briar
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 33 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Briar
Schools across Briar average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eagle Mountain ElB− · 41% proficient
- Boyd ElB− · 40% proficient
- Liberty ElC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wayside MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Santo Forte J HC+ · 36% proficient
- Springtown IntC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Boswell H SA− · 59% proficient
- Springtown H SB · 49% proficient
- Azle H SB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Briar school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Briar measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Briar against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Briar
Is Briar a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Briar ranks 17,972nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, fast internet, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Briar expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $391,191. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $94,607 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Briar safe?
Briar is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $411 per resident a year.
Compare Briar with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Briar. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Briar represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Briar detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Briar: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Briar: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Briar: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Briar: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Briar detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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