Lake BryanTX
A town of 2,165.
Is Lake Bryan a good place to live?
Lake Bryan’s weakest subject grade is a D for walkability. 6.4% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Lake Bryan, below both the Texas town median (23%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Lake Bryan's schools rank behind 77% of the state's. On history, just 92 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. Lake Bryan has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Lake Bryan stand out
Where Lake Bryan beats most towns.
Lake Bryan has grown 19% from 2010 to 2020
1,728 counted in 2010 and 2,060 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Lake Bryan grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Lake Bryan is from typical.
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Moving to Lake Bryan: who provides what
Lake Bryan is unincorporated, so Brazos 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 Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lake Bryan.
Lake Bryan faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by drought
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lake Bryan is less healthy than 77% of U.S. towns
Lake Bryan beats the Texas average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 72% of Lake Bryan adults had a checkup this year, below both Texas’ towns (74%) and U.S. towns (79%). 28% of Lake Bryan adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Lake Bryan | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 74% | 79% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 24% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 20% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Lake Bryan | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 29.3% | 19.1% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 25.2% | 19.3% |
| More adults in fair or poor health | 28.1% | 21.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Lake Bryan’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Lake Bryan for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Lake Bryan grew to 151 in 2023, 50 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in Lake Bryan is 22 minutes.
| Lake Bryan | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Lake Bryan, expect mild winters and hot summers
Lake Bryan has mild winters and hot summers. Lake Bryan’s July high is 95°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Lake Bryan sells for about $417K at the median
91% of households own their home in Lake Bryan.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Kyle Field and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Bryan. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaKyle Field
11 mi MuseumGeorge Bush Presidential Library
33 mi State parkWashington-on-the-Brazos12 mi GardenD. A. "Andy" Anderson Arboretum
33 mi MuseumStar of the Republic Museum
38 mi MuseumBrenham Heritage MuseumPhoto credits
Kyle Field: Janreagan at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · George Bush Presidential Library: Jujutacular, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Washington-on-the-Brazos: WhisperToMe, Public domain · Star of the Republic Museum: WhisperToMe, Public domain · Brenham Heritage Museum: Renelibrary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Lake Bryan
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Lake Bryan
About 5 of every 100 Lake Bryan residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
99% of working residents leave Lake Bryan for work
Where Lake Bryan’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lake Bryan
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Lake Bryan is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brazos County, Texas, United States, situated around a reservoir of the same name managed by Bryan Texas Utilities. The population was 2,060 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bryan–College Station metropolitan area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 10 sq mi
- Elevation
- 350 ft
Lake Bryan’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Lake Bryan.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Bryan | — | — | C+ | — | C− | C− |
| Bryan | #563 | D | D | C | C− | C+ |
Lake Bryan has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Lake Bryan reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Lake Bryan with a neighbor →
Questions about Lake Bryan
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Bryan, TX expensive?
The typical home is worth about $267,000, 10% below the Texas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.