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Brookshire is a big small town of 5,495 people in Waller County, Texas. It's about 34 miles from Houston, TX. Summer highs average 95°F and winter highs 64°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $239k and rent runs about $1k a month.
5,495people
$239kTypical home
$1,264/moRent
95° / 64°Summer / winter
0"Snow
256Sunny days
85Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 5,495
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,269 people per sq mi
- 34 mi to Houston, TX
- 34 mi to Houston, TX
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $239k (≈$1,507/mo)
- Median rent $1,264/mo
- Median household income $66k
- Property tax about 1.7% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 95°F
- Winter highs around 64°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 71°F)
- 256 sunny days a year (115 totally clear)
- 109 cloudy days a year
- 36 of 90 winter days are gray
- 85 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 10 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (293 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,151 per 100k)
People
- Median age 29
- 50% of households have kids
- 7% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 39 mi to IAH airport
- 39 mi to IAH (major hub)
- 103 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 49% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1988
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 167 ft
- 53 mi to the ocean
- 150 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 30 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,204 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 102 bars within 25 mi
- 504 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 18 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 7 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 31% of Texas districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 15 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 7 mi to the nearest vet
- 8 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 11 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Waller County: R+25 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.