La Salle Hotel · Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Bryan trail those of 75% of U.S. towns
For 8% of workers, the job is at home (Texas 14%). Poverty touches 23.0% of residents (Texas 13.8%). Bryan grades C for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Bryan: the gist
Bryan and College Station trade workers both ways
College Station is the top workplace for Bryan residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Bryan come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Bryan are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 27 across Texas. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Texas worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Bryan residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
A young workforce
31% of Bryan’s working residents are 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Bryan
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bryan is better than 31% of U.S. towns, #419 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Bryan’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bryan could be anywhere from C− to C+.
23% of working residents work in College Station
Where Bryan clocks in
23% of workers
7% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
From Bryan, about 19 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bryan workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38,425 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Bryan, by distance
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Jobs in Bryan: what the 40,961 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bryan, 2013 → 2023: 33,271 → 40,961. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bryan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Bryan
On a workday 23,959 residents head out to work, 11,272 work right here, and 29,689 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting around Bryan: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bryan is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #177 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Bryan near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 41,609 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.5% of Bryan households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Bryan’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Bryan is 423rd of 495 U.S. towns of 64,000 to 124,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Flower Mound TX | 79,540 | $161K | 4.3% | 3.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 12 | Celina TX | 64,427 | $171K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 421 | New Britain CT | 76,286 | $59K | 18.1% | 7.9% | 15% | C |
| 422 | Springfield IL | 112,989 | $66K | 16.8% | 6.8% | 64% | C |
| 423 | Bryan TX | 91,996 | $59K | 23.0% | 5.0% | 32% | C |
| 424 | Capital Township IL | 111,143 | $66K | 16.9% | 6.8% | 62% | C |
| 425 | Bellingham WA | 96,395 | $67K | 18.6% | 5.6% | 51% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 495 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | D |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bryan, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Bordering towns draw 23% of Bryan’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bryan workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan | – | C | B | 19 min | $59,289 |
| Lake Bryan | under 1% | B− | D | 22 min | $77,419 |
| College Station | 23% | B | A− | 17 min | $50,900 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to College Station. Darker towns draw more of Bryan’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bryan: questions
What is the median household income in Bryan?
$59,289 (±$2,539) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bryan?
23.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bryan?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bryan work?
32% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Station (23%, 8 mi), Houston (7%, 85 mi), Austin (3%, 86 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bryan walkable?
Bryan is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bryan without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bryan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bryan
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.