A city of 87,939, settled in 1872. Home to 47 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things Bryan does most differently from other towns.
1938 · Wife of a Mexican sharecropper near Bry…
Raini Rodriguez6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 47 places on the National Register.
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Water barrels on plantation cabin in Brazos riverbottoms, near Bryan, Texas
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Ordered by what stands out in Bryan. Another town gets a different order.
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.
The typical Bryan home is worth about $274,000, about the same as a year ago, 9% below the Texas typical home.
12 miles of trails across 26 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Henderson Park | 0.8 mi | 51 |
| 2. Tiffany Park | 0.6 mi | 12 |
| 3. Camelot Park | 0.5 mi | 20 |
Bryan beats the Texas average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| What stands out | Bryan | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 14.5% | 12.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 22.1% | 19.1% |
| More adults in fair or poor health | 25% | 21.8% |
The public schools Bryan’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 79% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anson Jones El | PK–4 | 695 | B− |
| Kemp-Carver El | PK–4 | 563 | D |
| Bonham El | PK–4 | 543 | C+ |
| Henderson El | PK–4 | 533 | B− |
| Sam Houston El | PK–4 | 494 | A |
| Sul Ross El | PK–4 | 476 | C− |
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 17% of U.S. communities.
Bryan has mild winters and hot summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 95°, a January night drops to 39°, and snow is almost unheard of.
Bryan's reported crime rate is below Texas's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 259 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
76,201 people in 2010; 87,939 today.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 · ACS
47 places in Bryan on the National Register of Historic Places.
58 notable people were born in Bryan.
City in Texas, US
Bryan is a city in and the county seat of Brazos County, Texas, United States. It is located in the heart of the Brazos Valley (East and Central Texas). As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 83,980. Bryan borders the city of College Station, which lies to its south. Together they make up the Bryan–College Station metropolitan area, the 15th-largest metropolitan area in Texas with 268,248 people as of 2020.
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2 towns share a border with Bryan.
