A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Azle$2,180/mo

Typical home $334K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.55% · or rent about $1,333/mo · Housing →

Briar$2,490/mo

Typical home $406K (Census) · tax rate 1.06% · or rent about $1,234/mo · Housing →

The difference: $310 a month, about $3,700 a year, between Briar and Azle.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Azle and Briar share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

AzleBriar

Azle ↔ Briar8.8 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

123 Briar residents work in Azle (3.9% of its workers)

Work & commute in Briar →

Report cards

Azle places higher on 10 of 17 TX lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Texas ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

C+AzleSafer than 36% of U.S. towns –BriarNot graded

Schools

BAzleBetter than 57% of districts in the state BBriarBetter than 57% of districts in the state

Health

C+AzleHealthier than 45% of U.S. towns C+BriarHealthier than 37% of U.S. towns

10Azle

6Briar

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #329#642 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #21#261 Highest incomeIncome · 653 towns #323#136 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #501#629 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #431#548 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #381#469 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #249#321 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #259#312

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Azle’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

AzleBriar

Snow a year0″1″

January low33°F 33°F

July high97°F 95°F

Growing season (days)245d 237d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)52nd 52nd

Outdoors & history

AzleBriar

Trails0 mi 2 mi

Conserved land4.7%0%

Settled1846 —

Community

AzleBriar

Library hours a week44 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Texas average

AzleBriar

People

Population 14,126Highest 7,228Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +22.1%Lowest TX: +15.9% +24.2%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 35.6±3Lowest about the TX average 38.3±2.7Highest 8% above TX

Briar and Azle are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 26.7%±4.1Highest TX: 25% 24.3%±3.4Lowest TX: 25%

Azle and Briar are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 15.3%±2.4Highest TX: 13.4% 13.9%±2.1Lowest TX: 13.4%

Azle and Briar are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 22%Lowest TX: 33.8% 23.4%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3%±1.2Lowest TX: 6.2% 3.1%±3.3Highest TX: 6.2%

Briar and Azle are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $68,514±$11kLowest 13% below TX $104,238±$19kHighest 33% above TX

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $287,100±$21kLowest about the TX average $405,900±$47kHighest 43% above TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,333±$128Highest 5% below TX $1,234±$533Lowest 12% below TX

Azle and Briar are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,438Highest 5% above TX $4,309Lowest about the TX average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 61.4%±16.3Highest TX: 51.7% 51.8%±20.1Lowest TX: 51.7%

Azle and Briar are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 12.2%Highest TX: 13.8% 6.9%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 68.4%Lowest TX: 62.6% 82.6%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1987Lowest 5 yrs older than TX 1996Highest 4 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minLowest 15% above TX 39 minHighest 46% above TX

Work from home 16%±3.8Highest TX: 14.4% 14.3%±5.8Lowest TX: 14.4%

Azle and Briar are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 5.5%Highest 1.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.8 miLowest 21.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.58Highest 0.08Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Fort Worth (29%)Fort Worth (27%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Briar4% work in Azle

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.7%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miLowest 2.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 60.9Highest 11.2Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #249 of 583 in TX #321 of 583 in TX

School district AZLE ISDAZLE ISD

High school in town Azle H SNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 15.8 —

Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Azle vs Briar

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $310 more a month in Briar

Azle and Briar share a border

Azle places higher on 10 of 17 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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