College Station vs Lake Bryan

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

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

College Station has the higher population (122,280 vs 1,880 in Lake Bryan). College Station has the higher median home value ($326,500 vs $232,300 in Lake Bryan). Since 2019, Lake Bryan's population has grown faster (+16.7% vs +7.6%).

Population, income & housing

	College Station	Lake Bryan
Population	122,280	1,880
Median age	22.9 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,776	—
Median home value	$326,500	$232,300
Median gross rent	$1,168	—
Housing units	50,730	631
Homeownership rate	35.9%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.1%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	College Station	Lake Bryan
Population	113,686 → 122,280 (+7.6%)	1,611 → 1,880 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$45,820 → $51,776 (+13.0%)	$67,102 → $71,840 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$241,600 → $326,500 (+35.1%)	$107,000 → $232,300 (+117.1%)
Median gross rent	$983 → $1,168 (+18.8%)	—

College Station

Population

113,686122,280

Median household income

$45,820$51,776

Median home value

$241,600$326,500

Median gross rent

$983$1,168

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)

	College Station	Lake Bryan
Under 5	4.8%	12.3%
5 to 17	12.4%	21.6%
18 to 24	39.9%	9.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	6.8%	7.6%
55 to 64	6.2%	8.6%
65 to 74	4.2%	8.2%
75 and over	2.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	College Station	Lake Bryan
White (non-Hispanic)	60.5%	34.3%
Black or African American	8.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	53.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	College Station	Lake Bryan
No high school diploma	5.4%	34.1%
High school graduate	14.4%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	College Station	Lake Bryan
Drove alone	70.8%	88.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	6.3%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	5.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	College Station	Lake Bryan
1-unit, detached	42.1%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.5%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	17.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	44.7%

Poverty & households

	College Station	Lake Bryan
Poverty rate	28.6%	14.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1998	1999