The community is in proximity to the intersection of
Texas State Highway 6 and Briar Forest. Briarhills has 664 houses. Meadowbriar has about 125 houses. Oaks of Parkway has about 100 houses.
Lakes of Parkway,
Parkway Villages, retail developments, and restaurants are nearby. As of 1996 the housing sizes are to . In 2003, the lot sizes ranged from to . The first generation houses, which were constructed in the late 1970s, include contemporary house and
patio houses. In 2003 Nancy Scott, a real estate agent of John Daugherty, Realtors West Houston, stated that these houses had "more-modern kitchens and baths than most houses had" in the late 1970s and that "they were very innovative in their designs". 1980s-built houses included traditional patio and "soft contemporary houses". Houses built in the early 1990s included two-story traditional brick houses. The 1990s houses were priced from $140,000 ($ according to inflation) to $200,000 ($ according to inflation), or beginning at $70 ($ according to inflation) per square foot; these houses were more inexpensive compared to those in the nearby gated "Parkway" communities. A real estate agent quoted in a 1996
Chronicle article, Rita Tucker Wright, stated that she believed that the diversity in housing styles makes Briarhills "the most unusual neighborhood in the west side of Houston." As of 2003, according to Scott, the price range of the houses in Briarhills was $160,000 ($ with inflation) to $290,000 ($ with inflation). ==Government and infrastructure==