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Population (year 2000): 3,450. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,601 (+4.4% change)
Males: 1,701 (49.3%), Females: 1,749 (50.7%)
Waller County
Zip code:
77423
Median resident age: 28.5 years
Median household income: $29,461 (year 2000)
Median house value: $54,300 (year 2000)
Races in Brookshire:
- Black (38.2%)
- Hispanic (37.2%)
- Other race (26.1%)
- White Non-Hispanic (23.0%)
- Two or more races (2.1%)
- American Indian (1.0%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (5.5%), Irish (3.9%), United
States (3.2%), English (2.4%), Scotch-Irish (1.2%).
Elevation: 161 feet
Land area: 3.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Brookshire
- High school or higher: 60.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
- Unemployed: 9.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Brookshire city
- Never married: 28.6%
- Now married: 48.8%
- Separated: 3.6%
- Widowed: 7.5%
- Divorced: 11.5%
16.2% Foreign born (15.7% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +521 (+17.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Brookshire:
- MEMORIAL HERMANN KATY HOSPITAL (about 11 miles;
KATY, TX)
- CHRISTUS ST CATHERINE HEALTH & WELLNES (about 15
miles; KATY, TX)
- POLLY RYON HOSP AUTHORITY (about 20 miles; RICHMOND,
TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Brookshire:
- GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL ARPT/HOUSTON (about 45
miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID: IAH)
- WILLIAM P HOBBY (about 49 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID:
HOU)
- ELLINGTON FIELD (about 58 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID:
EFD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Brookshire:
- MIKESKA FIELD (about 7 miles; BROOKSHIRE, TX; ID:
12R)
- WESTHEIMER AIR PARK (about 14 miles; HOUSTON, TX;
ID: O07)
- HAPPY LANDINGS (about 20 miles; HOUSTON, TX; ID:
2H5)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Brookshire:
- PRAIRIE VIEW A & M UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles;
PRAIRIE VIEW, TX; Full-time enrollment: 5,823)
- HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 32 miles; HOUSTON,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,273)
- WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 35 miles;
WHARTON, TX; FT enrollment: 3,124)
- HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (about 37 miles;
HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 21,140)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER (about
37 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,595)
- RICE UNIVERSITY (about 37 miles; HOUSTON, TX; FT
enrollment: 4,158)
- UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS (about 40 miles; HOUSTON,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,541)
Public high school in Brookshire:
- ROYAL H S (Students: 381; Location: 2520
DURKIN RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Brookshire:
- ROYAL ELEMENTARY (Students: 685; Location:
2520 DURKIN RD; Grades: 01 - 05)
- ROYAL MIDDLE (Students: 351; Location: 2520
DURKIN RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
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