What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Briar?
Briar is ranked No published Azle rank is currently available; #682 of 1,241 eligible neighborhoods in TX; and #8,436 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Briar
Azle, TX | Tarrant County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
47.7
Stability and Strength
48.5
Value Opportunity
54.7
Momentum
36.7
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Azle, TX |
| County | Tarrant County |
| National rank | #8,436 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #682 of 1,241 |
| City rank | Not available |
| County rank | #118 of 215 |
| National percentile | 43.6 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $429,653 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -0.6% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.11% |
| Home value to income ratio | 4.00 |
| Median household income | $107,412 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 21.2% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 5.0% |
| Homeownership rate | 86.2% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 16.6% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 66.3% |
How to read this profile
- Ranks are always shown with denominators.
- Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
- Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
- Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers
Questions About Living in Briar
Is Briar one of the best neighborhoods in Azle?
Briar has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 47.7 and a city ranking of No published Azle rank is currently available.
How much are homes worth in Briar?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Briar is approximately $429,653.
Are home values rising or falling in Briar?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -0.6% year over year and -0.11% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Briar?
Briar has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 36.7. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Briar?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $107,412.
How affordable is Briar relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 4.00. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Briar primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 86.2%.
What is the unemployment rate in Briar?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 5.0%.
How educated are residents of Briar?
Approximately 21.2% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Briar face high rent burden?
Approximately 66.3% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.
How does Best Neighborhoods USA score Briar?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
Governed ranking context
How this neighborhood ranks
HMDA Mortgage Intelligence
Neighborhood Mortgage Market
Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry. These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.
Activity year2024
Estimated applications244
Estimated originations134
Home-purchase applications159
Origination rate54.9%
Home-purchase share65.2%
Average application loan$238,293
Total application loan amount$58,155,422
National application rank#1,598 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -17.6% YoY; originations -15.8% YoY
Mortgage methodology
HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography. This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation. Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded. Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.
Texas Current Housing Market
Current housing market in Briar
A current-market snapshot based on active sale listings observed in the certified National Data System Texas housing refresh.
149
Active listings observed
$475,000
Median asking price
$220.31
Median asking price / sq. ft.
72.0
Median days on market
2,195 sq. ft.
Median home size
Observed asking-price range: $19,000 to $4,380,000
Newest listing observed: 2026-09-18 19:00:00-05:00
How this current-market geography is determined
Coverage basis: Exact neighborhood matches plus strong Census Block Group associations.
52 exact polygon matches; 97 strong supplemental associations. Exact Zillow polygon membership and supplemental Census Block Group association remain separate in the governed data. Supplemental associations are not represented as exact Zillow polygon membership.
Current listing observations are separate from BestNeighborhoodsUSA rankings and do not change neighborhood scores, ranks, historical Zillow trends, Census measures, or HMDA mortgage intelligence.