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%

Briar$2,490/mo

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

Burnet$2,570/mo

Typical home $403K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.35% · or rent about $1,019/mo · Housing →

The difference: $80 a month, about $1,000 a year, between Burnet and Briar.

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.

Report cards

Burnet places higher on 12 of 18 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

–BriarNot graded A−BurnetSafer than 78% of U.S. towns

Schools

BBriarBetter than 57% of districts in the state BBurnetBetter than 55% of districts in the state

Health

C+BriarHealthier than 37% of U.S. towns C+BurnetHealthier than 43% of U.S. towns

5Briar

12Burnet

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #395#72 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #629#369 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #158#335 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #469#309 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #261#107 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #338#199 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #642#501 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #163#288

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Briar’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

BriarBurnet

Snow a year1″0″

January low33°F 34°F

July high95°F 94°F

Growing season (days)237d 243d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)52nd 36th

Outdoors & history

BriarBurnet

Trails2 mi 10 mi

Conserved land0%1.8%

Settled—1852

National Register places—1

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here—4

Community

BriarBurnet

Library hours a week—29 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.

Where they are

162 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BriarTX BurnetTX

Briar ↔ Burnet162 miles apart

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

BriarBurnet

People

Population 7,228Highest 6,732Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +24.2%Highest TX: +15.9% +7.5%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 38.3±2.7Lowest 8% above TX 40.4±2.5Highest 13% above TX

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

Kids under 18 24.3%±3.4Highest TX: 25% 17.6%±4.4Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 13.9%±2.1Lowest TX: 13.4% 19.7%±3.6Highest TX: 13.4%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.4%Lowest TX: 33.8% 23.8%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.1%±3.3Lowest TX: 6.2% 4.7%±2.4Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $104,238±$19kHighest 33% above TX $87,587±$13kLowest 12% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $405,900±$47kHighest 43% above TX $277,400±$49kLowest about the TX average

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,234±$533Highest 12% below TX $1,019±$365Lowest 27% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,309Highest about the TX average $3,755Lowest 11% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.8%±20.1Lowest TX: 51.7% 64.1%±11.9Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 6.9%Lowest TX: 13.8% 8.1%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 82.6%Highest TX: 62.6% 75.3%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1996Highest 4 yrs newer than TX 1982Lowest 10 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 39 minHighest 46% above TX 27 minLowest about the TX average

Work from home 14.3%±5.8Highest TX: 14.4% 9.8%±4.4Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.2%Lowest 12.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 miLowest 37.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.08Lowest 1.03Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Fort Worth (27%)Austin (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BurnetFew work in Briar

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 1.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.0 miLowest 10.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 5Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 11.2Lowest 38.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #321 of 583 in TX #278 of 583 in TX

School district AZLE ISDBURNET CISD

High school in town None in townBurnet H S

Students per teacherat that high school — 14.4

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

Deciding?

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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.

Briar vs Burnet

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Burnet places higher on 12 of 18 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

162 miles apart

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