Village · Travis County, Texas

Briarcliff, Texas

Briarcliff is a village in Travis County, Texas, part of the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area. It has 2,735 residents. Briarcliff, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 69 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,912 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #40 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on new business applications (high), average weekly wage (high) and food insecurity (low). It ranks worst on property crime rate (high), hot days (high) and drought exposure (high).

69High

Quality-of-life score: #4,912 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #40 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 2,735 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,738.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 4810197

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety24#11,814/15,637
Economy100#52/15,631
Housing41#8,882/14,977
Health89#1,769/15,609
Healthcare80#3,105/15,650
Environment10#13,914/15,453
Education63#5,821/15,649
Infrastructure90#1,567/15,650
Community36#9,981/15,651
Leisure & amenities78#3,398/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Briarcliff, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Travis County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

New business applications · high35.2 /1k
98/100Texas 17.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauTravis County value
Average weekly wage · high$1,941
97/100Texas $1,499United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTravis County value
Food insecurity · low7.3%
95/100Texas 19.4%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · low15.1%
95/100Texas 29.6%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Broadband subscriptions · high97.2%
94/100Texas 91.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.2 /10k
94/100Texas 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTravis County value

Weaknesses

Property crime rate · high2,574 /100k
4/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationTravis County value
Hot days · high119 days
4/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationTravis County value
Drought exposure · high94%
5/100Texas 57%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAATravis County value
Median Air Quality Index · high53
10/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyTravis County value
High school diploma or higher · low98.4%
11/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
14/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesTravis County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,648 (2015-2019) → 2,735 (2020-2024)
+66%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
53.5% (2015-2019) → 37.0% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
33.8% (2015-2019) → 19.7% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$104,375 (2015-2019) → $140,938 (2020-2024)
+35%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.2× (2015-2019) → 3.9× (2020-2024)
+21%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Average commute timeImproving
39.8 min (2015-2019) → 35.7 min (2020-2024)
−10%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Briarcliff, Texas improved on 1 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+35%$104,375 → $140,938

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Briarcliff, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	39.8 min2015-2019	35.7 min2020-2024	−4.1 min	Within the margin of error	86%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%2015-2019	53.1%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Broadband subscriptions	96.7%2015-2019	97.2%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Effective property tax rate	1.50%2015-2019	1.13%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	81%
High school diploma or higher	99.0%2015-2019	98.5%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.7×	Within the margin of error	38%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3442015-2019	0.3472020-2024	+0.003	Within the margin of error	48%
Median household income	$104,3752015-2019	$140,9382020-2024	+35%	Improved	65%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.0%2015-2019	6.5%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	65%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Briarcliff, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Briarcliff, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Briarcliff, Texas itself moved −0.7 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,735 residents (±411)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,083 households (±155)

Briarcliff, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k4.0%†43
$25k–50k9.8%†106
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,083 households (±155)

Briarcliff, Texas
Texas share

Own89%963
Rent11%†120

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,288 workers (±242)

Briarcliff, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone62%798
Carpool2.2%†28
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Travis County, the county holding most of Briarcliff's residents.

Travis County has 42,837 employer establishments, 317 for every 10,000 residents (1.27× the US rate of 248; 1.45× Texas's), with 736,608 paid employees at an average annual pay of $86,279. The Census Bureau also counts 162,652 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 42,837; 162,652 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 317; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 736,608
Average annual pay: $86,279; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Travis County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	3,670	27.1	1.30×More than typical	48,316	$79,200	6,859
Lessors of real estate	2,966	21.9	1.78×More than typical	15,134	$82,585	18,246
Restaurants and other eating places	2,681	19.8	1.08×About typical	63,507	$29,063	730
Management, scientific and technical consulting	2,369	17.5	2.61×More than typical	15,919	$113,095	10,435
Computer systems design and related services	1,857	13.7	3.17×More than typical	28,350	$133,988	3,307
Specialty trade contractors	1,840	13.6	0.88×About typical	28,657	$75,405	8,555
Legal services	1,358	10	1.87×More than typical	10,016	$134,092	1,818
Offices of physicians	1,278	9.4	1.46×More than typical	18,020	$104,454	1,529
Real estate agents and brokers	1,248	9.2	1.89×More than typical	3,275	$97,391	4,976
Offices of other health practitioners	1,152	8.5	1.40×More than typical	7,534	$56,047	3,880
Construction of buildings	1,149	8.5	1.12×About typical	9,441	$99,470	4,050
Full-service restaurants	1,114	8.2	1.07×About typical	31,613	$32,575	291

Rank places for an industry Open Travis County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,353,278 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $61.6K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Briarcliff, Texas: $22.52 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $61.6K; +1,665% vs FY2025
Per resident: $22.52; US $1,994
Sole-source: 70%; US 30%
Single offer: 30%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$42.9K70%
Department of the Air Force$18.7K30%

Top recipients

APPLIED PHYSICAL ELECTRONICS, LC$61.6K100%

Spending by fiscal year

16.2KFY2017
117.8KFY2018
56KFY2019
58.2KFY2020
27.2KFY2021
4.5KFY2022
4.3KFY2023
12.1KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$42.9K70%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$18.7K30%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Briarcliff, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Briarcliff, Texas's figures are part of those of Travis County, TX ($1.1B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Briarcliff is mostly in Travis County.

See federal money in Travis County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Briarcliff, Texas is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Travis County71100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX68

Other cities and towns in Travis County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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