Work & commute · Bryan

Work & commute in Bryan, TX

About one in 3 of Bryan’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are College Station (23%), Houston (7%) and Austin (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

11,272 of 35,231 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,959 Bryan residents head out of town to work, 11,272 work right here, and 29,689 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bryan.

23,959live here, work elsewhere

11,272live and work here

29,689work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bryan goes to work

Bryan (in town)right here

32%11,272

College Station7.5 mi away

23%8,279

Houston84.9 mi away

7%2,312

Austin85.6 mi away

3%1,063

Dallas148.7 mi away

1%510

San Antonio152.8 mi away

1%402

Waco78 mi away

1%248

Temple67 mi away

1%234

Huntsville49.2 mi away

1%222

Brenham35.1 mi away

1%219

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%10,470

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bryan commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

63%

30%

63%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bryan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bryan are

40,961 jobs are based in Bryan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bryan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bryan

40,961 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Bryan residents hold

35,231 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+23%

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.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.