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 →

Robinson$1,990/mo

Typical home $305K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.54% · or rent about $1,419/mo · Housing →

The difference: $500 a month, about $5,900 a year, between Briar and Robinson.

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

Robinson places higher on 11 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 B+RobinsonSafer than 72% of U.S. towns

Schools

BBriarBetter than 57% of districts in the state B+RobinsonBetter than 74% of districts in the state

Health

C+BriarHealthier than 37% of U.S. towns BRobinsonHealthier than 64% of U.S. towns

6Briar

11Robinson

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

Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #629#106 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #469#217 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #163#302 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #321#193 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #312#192 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #548#444 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #566#476 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #338#422

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

BriarRobinson

Snow a year1″0″

January low33°F —

July high95°F —

Growing season (days)237d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)52nd 10th

Outdoors & history

BriarRobinson

Trails2 mi 4 mi

Conserved land0%0%

Community

BriarRobinson

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

112 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BriarTX RobinsonTX

Briar ↔ Robinson112 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

BriarRobinson

People

Population 7,228Lowest 12,800Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +24.2%Highest TX: +15.9% +18.4%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 38.3±2.7Highest 8% above TX 35.1±3.3Lowest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 24.3%±3.4Lowest TX: 25% 27.8%±4.4Highest TX: 25%

Robinson and Briar 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% 14.6%±2.3Highest TX: 13.4%

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

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

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.1%±3.3Lowest TX: 6.2% 3.3%±1.4Highest TX: 6.2%

Robinson 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 $99,289±$12kLowest 27% above TX

Briar and Robinson 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 $302,200±$29kLowest 6% above TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,234±$533Lowest 12% below TX $1,419±$178Highest about the TX average

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,309Lowest about the TX average $4,666Highest 10% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.8%±20.1Highest TX: 51.7% 48.4%±22.3Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 6.9%Highest TX: 13.8% 3.7%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 82.6%Highest TX: 62.6% 78.9%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1996Highest 4 yrs newer than TX 1990Lowest 2 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 39 minHighest 46% above TX 19 minLowest 28% below TX

Work from home 14.3%±5.8Highest TX: 14.4% 9.2%±3.6Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.2%Lowest 4.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 miHighest 8.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.08Lowest 0.33Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Fort Worth (27%)Waco (44%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 2.0 miLowest 4.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 11.2Lowest 13.8Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #321 of 583 in TX #193 of 583 in TX

School district AZLE ISDROBINSON ISD

High school in town None in townRobinson H S

Students per teacherat that high school — 13.0

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 Robinson

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $500 more a month in Briar

Robinson places higher on 11 of 18 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

112 miles apart

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