Scores by category

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

Safety62#5,915/15,637
Economy65#5,412/15,631
Housing32#10,222/14,977
Health53#7,326/15,609
Healthcare33#10,436/15,650
Environment10#13,842/15,453
Education37#9,898/15,649
Infrastructure63#5,771/15,650
Community17#13,004/15,651
Leisure & amenities9#14,261/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Brookside Village, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Brazoria 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

Broadband subscriptions · high98.1%
94/100Texas 91.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Child care cost burden · low20.8%
93/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBrazoria County value
Comfortable days · high33.6%
92/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationBrazoria County value
Math scores · high3.38
89/100Texas 3.15United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBrazoria County value
Median Air Quality Index · low35
86/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyBrazoria County value
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Texas 5.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBrazoria County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.8 /10k
6/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBrazoria County value
High school diploma or higher · low88.7%
10/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Hot days · high95 days
11/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationBrazoria County value
High ozone days · high7 days
12/100Texas 7 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyBrazoria County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low2.2 /10k
13/100Texas 3.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBrazoria County value
Public EV charging ports · low1.3 /10k
14/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyBrazoria County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,359 (2015-2019) → 1,565 (2020-2024)
+15%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
8.5% (2015-2019) → 48.3% (2020-2024)
+40 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.4% (2015-2019) → 98.1% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
7.6 /1k (2021) → 0.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−92%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$64,063 (2015-2019) → $110,833 (2020-2024)
+73%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
16.0% (2015-2019) → 29.7% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Brookside Village, Texas improved on 2 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 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.

Improved2

Household income+73%$64,063 → $110,833
Broadband+20 points78.4% → 98.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Brookside Village, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	31.9 min2015-2019	27.2 min2020-2024	−4.8 min	Within the margin of error	89%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%2015-2019	19.9%2020-2024	−4.3 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Broadband subscriptions	78.4%2015-2019	98.1%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	90%
Effective property tax rate	1.55%2015-2019	1.30%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	68%
High school diploma or higher	90.1%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	66%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3972015-2019	0.3962020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	52%
Median household income	$64,0632015-2019	$110,8332020-2024	+73%	Improved	95%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	21.1%2015-2019	13.4%2020-2024	−7.8 points	Within the margin of error	93%

“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 Brookside Village, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Brookside Village, 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, Brookside Village, Texas itself moved +8.6 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

1,565 residents (±219)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 40–49 men (+4.4 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,565 residents (±219)

Brookside Village, Texas
Texas share

White37%573
Black3.8%†59
Hispanic or Latino55%864

Education

1,153 residents (±188)

Brookside Village, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma11%†130
High school or GED34%388
Some college31%352

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

478 households (±58)

Brookside Village, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k6.1%†29
$25k–50k18%†87
$50k–75k13%†61
$75k–100k12%†57
$100k–150k28%†133
$150k–200k4.6%†22
$200k or more19%†89

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+14.4 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

478 households (±58)

Brookside Village, Texas
Texas share

Own90%432
Rent9.6%†46

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

29 households (±19)

Brookside Village, Texas
Texas share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50052%†15

Home values

432 homes (±56)

Brookside Village, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k5.3%†23
$150k–250k19%†81
$250k–400k38%†163

Age of homes

542 homes (±56)

Brookside Village, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later12%†65
2000–200910.0%†54
1980–199937%†200

Size of homes

542 homes (±56)

Brookside Village, Texas
Texas share

Studio3.9%†21
1 bedroom1.3%†7
2 bedrooms18%†97

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

727 workers (±151)

Brookside Village, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone77%562
Carpool2.8%†20
Public transit0.0%0
Walk4.5%†33
Bike0.0%0
Work from home15%†112
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−11.8 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

615 workers (±147)

Brookside Village, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min18%†109
15–29 min40%†245
30–44 min25%†156

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, 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 Brazoria County, the county holding most of Brookside Village's residents.

Brazoria County has 6,650 employer establishments, 166 for every 10,000 residents (0.67× the US rate of 248; 0.76× Texas's), with 98,916 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,629. The Census Bureau also counts 42,156 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,650; 42,156 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 166; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 98,916
Average annual pay: $59,629; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	740	18.5	0.89×About typical	5,824	$56,888	2,195
Restaurants and other eating places	644	16.1	0.88×About typical	14,120	$19,424	270
Specialty trade contractors	356	8.9	0.57×Fewer than typical	8,467	$61,332	3,678
Lessors of real estate	273	6.8	0.55×Fewer than typical	780	$42,023	2,937
Limited-service restaurants	269	6.7	0.84×About typical	6,931	$17,497	77
Full-service restaurants	254	6.3	0.83×About typical	6,065	$21,870	129
Offices of physicians	247	6.2	0.95×About typical	1,303	$89,832	351
Building equipment contractors	193	4.8	0.80×About typical	1,938	$60,348	739
Religious organizations	182	4.5	0.82×About typical	1,410	$23,319	—
Offices of other health practitioners	171	4.3	0.70×Fewer than typical	855	$47,522	778
Offices of dentists	156	3.9	0.97×About typical	1,072	$52,162	119
Truck transportation	155	3.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	1,195	$72,349	1,463

Rank places for an industry Open Brazoria County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 400,433 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 $95.6K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Brookside Village, Texas: $61.11 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $95.6K; −68% vs FY2025
Per resident: $61.11; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$93K97%
Department of the Navy$2,6412.8%

Top recipients

TC CHEMICALS, LLC$93K97%
ARHAB LLC$2,6412.8%

Spending by fiscal year

540.3KFY2017
2MFY2018
362KFY2019
339.6KFY2020
475.7KFY2021
1.2MFY2022
626KFY2023
597.9K

Top industries (NAICS)

Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing · 3259$93K97%
Electric lighting equipment manufacturing · 3351$2,6412.8%

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 Brookside Village, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Brookside Village, Texas's figures are part of those of Brazoria County, TX ($80.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

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

See federal money in Brazoria 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.

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

House

Senate

Ted CruzR-

County

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

Brazoria County57100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX34

Other cities and towns in Brazoria 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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