Lake Bryan has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Lake Bryan report 151 jobs for 842 working residents. Lake Bryan grades B− for jobs and income and D for walkability. At home: 3% of workers have no commute at all (Texas 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Lake Bryan, in brief
Lake Bryan and Bryan trade workers both ways
Bryan is the top workplace for Lake Bryan residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Lake Bryan come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lake Bryan is a place people come home to
There are 151 jobs based in Lake Bryan, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Bryan has about 1,500 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 842 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Lake Bryan’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Lake Bryan is better than 48% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Lake Bryan’s grade up (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Lake Bryan’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lake Bryan could be anywhere from D to A.
35% of working residents work in Bryan
Where Lake Bryan clocks in
35% of workers
19% of workers
7% 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.
In and out of Lake Bryan on a workday
On a workday 837 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 146 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Lake Bryan on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Lake Bryan’s commute, mile by mile
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.
28% of the jobs in Lake Bryan make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Bryan, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 151. 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 Lake Bryan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lake Bryan’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Bryan workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 812 commuters (the 3% 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.
In Lake Bryan, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Bryan is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 841 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). 12.5% of Lake Bryan households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Bryan’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,347th of 5,404: where Lake Bryan ranks among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Oak Leaf TX | 1,684 | $132K | 2.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Southside Place TX | 1,916 | $163K | 5.0% | 5.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 24 | Shoreacres TX | 1,535 | $131K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,345 | Liberty Grove WI | 2,130 | $80K | 3.8% | 3.7% | 21% | B− |
| 2,346 | Park Center CO | 2,588 | $72K | 11.5% | 1.3% | 1% | B− |
| 2,347 | Lake Bryan TX | 2,165 | $77K | 13.2% | 4.3% | 1% | B− |
| 2,348 | Alum Creek WV | 1,749 | $74K | 11.0% | 12.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,349 | Greentown IN | 2,366 | $61K | 7.0% | 2.3% | 9% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Lake Bryan, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
35% of Lake Bryan works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Bryan workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Bryan | – | B− | D | 22 min | $77,419 |
| Bryan | 35% | C | B | 19 min | $59,289 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bryan. Darker towns draw more of Lake 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 Lake Bryan: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Bryan?
$77,419 (±$52,497) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Bryan?
13.2%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Bryan?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Bryan work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bryan (35%, 6 mi), College Station (19%, 14 mi), Houston (7%, 91 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lake Bryan walkable?
Lake Bryan is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Bryan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Bryan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake 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.