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A town of 9,371, settled in 1916.
Bryans Road's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades B, 146th among Maryland's 259 graded towns. The median household earns $118K and it has 6 miles of trail and 25% conserved land. Bryans Road’s average trip to work is 45 minutes, above both the Maryland town median (32 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). The biggest park or preserve is Chapman Residual, at 1,354 acres. Bryans Road is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 68% of U.S. towns.
Where Bryans Road beats most towns.
7,244 counted in 2010 and 8,650 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Bryans Road is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 4,910 in 2000, 8,650 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2016 and 5 maps from 1913 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bryans Road. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw20 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw19 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw20 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw20 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw20 mi National MemorialLincoln Memorial7.7M visitors a yearWhite House: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Washington Monument: Oren Rozen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Arlington National Cemetery: Protoant, Public domain · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · Lincoln Memorial: Aerial_view_of_Lincoln_Memorial_-_east_side.jpg: Carol M. Highsmith derivative w, Public domain
Bryans Road is unincorporated, so Charles County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Mar 11, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Bryans Road.
Bryans Road sends many workers across the state line to Arlington and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in Maryland.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 99% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Bryans Road since 2013.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Charles County Public Schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Henson Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 701 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
5.7 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Chapman State Park | 3.2 mi | 750 |
| 2. Chapman Residual | — | 1,354 |
| 3. Mattawoman Natural Environment Area | — | 425 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
38% of working residents cross a state line to work, Arlington among the top destinations. Bryans Road has 799 jobs for its 3,943 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Bryans Road for work: only 2% work in town. 2.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Bryans Road. Jobs based in Bryans Road grew to 799 in 2023, 40 more than in 2013.
| Bryans Road | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $118,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 19% | 18% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 3.2% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Bryans Road has chilly winters and warm summers. Bryans Road’s July high is 88°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Within Maryland it is less healthy than 64% of the 261 graded towns: Maryland sets a high bar. Against the 5,969 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bryans Road’s, it is less healthy than 71%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Bryans Road beats the Maryland average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 17% of Bryans Road adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Bryans Road | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 36% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Bryans Road | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.7% | 7.6% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.4% | 5.8% |
| More adults with obesity | 42% | 35.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical Bryans Road home is worth about $418,000, down 1.3% in a year, close to the Maryland typical home. The median rent in Bryans Road is $2,169 a month.
| Bryans Road | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 94% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $2,169 a month | $1,809 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2 within 15 miles of the center of Bryans Road
About 7 of every 100 Bryans Road residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
Where Bryans Road’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 notable people were born in Bryans Road.
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Bryans Road is a census-designated place (CDP) in Charles County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 8,650. Bryans Road was named after Oliver Norris Bryan, a 19th-century farmer and scientist who owned and operated Locust Grove Farm near Marshall Hall. The area consisted mostly of tobacco farms until the establishment of the Naval Proving Grounds at Indian Head in 1890. Some commercial establishments came about by the early 1920s, when the name "Bryans Road" first appeared on maps. The construction of Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) during World War II brought new traffic. By the early 1960s, Bryans Road became an established bedroom community for bot…
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3 towns share a border with Bryans Road.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryans Road | #146 | B | C+ | — | C | B |
| Bensville | #195 | C | C− | — | C | B |
| Potomac Heights | — | — | A+ | — | C | B− |
| Accokeek | #210 | C | C− | — | D | B+ |
Potomac Heights has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Bryans Road, Bensville, Potomac Heights and Accokeek report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bryans Road with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Bryans Road grades B overall, better than 57% of U.S. towns and #146 of 259 in Maryland. It grades B for health and C for schools.
That is 3.3 years of the area's median household income ($126,684 across the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
3 notable people were born here, including A. J. DeLaGarza and Steve Blanchard.
