Bryan vs Lake Bryan

A side-by-side comparison of Bryan and Lake Bryan: population, income, housing, and more.

Bryan and Lake Bryan are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bryan has the higher population (86,169 vs 1,880 in Lake Bryan). Lake Bryan has the higher median home value ($232,300 vs $210,600 in Bryan). Since 2019, Lake Bryan's population has grown faster (+16.7% vs +2.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bryan	Lake Bryan
Population	86,169	1,880
Median age	31.4 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,861	—
Median home value	$210,600	$232,300
Median gross rent	$1,150	—
Housing units	36,245	631
Homeownership rate	49.4%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bryan	Lake Bryan
Population	84,096 → 86,169 (+2.5%)	1,611 → 1,880 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$45,771 → $56,861 (+24.2%)	$67,102 → $71,840 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$147,600 → $210,600 (+42.7%)	$107,000 → $232,300 (+117.1%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,150 (+25.7%)	—

Bryan

Population

84,09686,169

Median household income

$45,771$56,861

Median home value

$147,600$210,600

Median gross rent

$915$1,150

Lake Bryan

Population

1,6111,880

Median household income

$67,102$71,840

Median home value

$107,000$232,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bryan	Lake Bryan
Under 5	6.7%	12.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	21.6%
18 to 24	13.7%	9.9%
25 to 34	17.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	7.6%
55 to 64	9.5%	8.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.2%
75 and over	4.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bryan	Lake Bryan
White (non-Hispanic)	38.0%	34.3%
Black or African American	16.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	41.3%	53.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bryan	Lake Bryan
No high school diploma	16.6%	34.1%
High school graduate	28.8%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bryan	Lake Bryan
Drove alone	79.0%	88.7%
Carpooled	11.2%	6.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	5.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bryan	Lake Bryan
1-unit, detached	54.6%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	44.7%

Poverty & households

	Bryan	Lake Bryan
Poverty rate	23.2%	14.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1989	1999