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Briar, Texas.

A community in Tarrant County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Tarrant County’s.

Living in Briar, Tarrant County, Texas

Briar, in Tarrant County, had 7,035 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $104,238 a year and half less, against $84,207 across Tarrant County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 83% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 17% are rented. Unemployment in Tarrant County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 7,035 in the 2020 census; median age 38.3
Household income $104,238 the median, give or take $18,862 · Tarrant County: $84,207
Unemployment 4.4% Tarrant County, August 2026; 4.3% a year before
Homes 83% lived in by their owners; 17% rented
  • 2,463households
  • 23%of adults have a degree
  • 7%below the poverty line
  • 39 mintypical commute
  • 14%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care16%
  • Manufacturing14%
  • Building trades14%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Shops (retail)9%
  • Banks, insurance and property8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Tarrant County had 1,017,941 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 56° and 34°; warmest in August, 97° and 74° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 56° 34° F M A M J J A 97° 74° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 56° and 34°; warmest in August, 97° and 74° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 56° 34° F M A M J J A 97° 74° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 56° and lows near 34°; warmest in August, with highs near 97° and lows near 74°. About 37 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Fort Worth Nature Ctr weather station, 13 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Tarrant County

  1. Aa-dfw-dallas Fort Worth-dfw-trml Aa-dfw-dallas Fort WorthScheduled air transportation19,303
  2. Lockheed Martin Corporation US TX Fort Worth Lockheed Blvd (1093)17,118
  3. Fort Worth ISDSchool district9,869FTE
  4. Companies CorporateCanvassers, headquarters for retail sale of merchandise, direct selling8,955
  5. Arlington ISDSchool district8,054FTE
  6. JPS Health NetworkGeneral hospital5,972FTE
  7. Cook Children's Medical CenterChildren's hospital5,572FTE
  8. American Airlines Group EA-DFW-DALLAS FORT WORTHScheduled passenger air transportation5,291

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1,787 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 338,961 people in all across the county; Briar has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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

  1. HailRelatively high
  2. Heat wavesRelatively high
  3. TornadoesRelatively high
  4. WildfireRelatively moderate
  5. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  6. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Briar’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 Tarrant County.