Brazoria, Texas.
Typical home $234,172 (-0.8% in a year), asking rent $1,545 . Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$510 (+71%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $1,881 -1%
- $236,053$234,172 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $11,953 +5%
- $222,218$234,172 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Brazoria$1,229
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 66 years.
Typical home values in Brazoria, TX fell 0.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Brazoria, Brazoria County, Texas
Brazoria is a city of 2,866 people in Brazoria County. Unemployment in Brazoria County was 5.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Brazoria County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Brazoria is a small Texas city, home to a small number of people, in the flat country of Brazoria County. Few adults here hold a four-year degree compared with many places, and homes cost less than in much of the country. Winters are mild and brief, summers are hot, and the year brings plenty of rain.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, professional and business services, and the building trades also employing many. Across Brazoria County, some of the largest workplaces are Dow, Olin and several school districts, including Alvin ISD and Brazosport ISD. Very few people work from home, and the typical commute is a modest drive.
Things to do. The Varner–Hogg Plantation State Historical Site, a protected area, is a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Brazos Bend State Park, another protected area, and to the Brazos River. Those who like open country and water can find more of it at San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, also a longer drive away.
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- 1,143households
- 15%of adults have a degree
- 26 mintypical commute
- 2%work from home
What people in Brazoria County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Brazoria County had 124,808 jobs in 2025, 1.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 65° and lows near 45°; warmest in August, with highs near 93° and lows near 75°. About 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Angleton Brazoria Airport weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Brazoria County
- DowAcyclic hydrocarbons made from refined petroleum or liquid hydrocarbons3,844
- Alvin ISDSchool district3,824FTE
- Pearland ISDSchool district2,554FTE
- Brazosport ISDSchool district1,833FTE
- OlinAlkalies manufacturing1,019
- Angleton ISDSchool district1,011FTE
- Marquis Industrial ServicesScaffold erecting and dismantling997
- BasfOrgano-inorganic compound manufacturing991
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 209 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 32,438 people in all across the county; Brazoria has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Brazoria’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Brazoria County and the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metro.
Brazoria home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Brazoria$234,172
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Brazoria listings — the market is heating up.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Brazoria21.30%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Brazoria103
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Brazoria15
Zip codes with a Brazoria address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Brazoria — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.