Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety72#4,427/15,637
Economy14#13,466/15,631
Housing21#11,862/14,977
Health63#5,774/15,609
Healthcare27#11,478/15,650
Environment73#4,189/15,453
Education41#9,241/15,649
Infrastructure28#11,268/15,650
Community9#14,310/15,651
Leisure & amenities39#9,540/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bryan, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Brazos County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Injury deaths · low44 /100k
99/100Texas 69 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBrazos County value
Drug overdose deaths · low6.1 /100k
95/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataBrazos County value
Natural hazard risk · low3.7
95/100Texas 39.62025Federal Emergency Management AgencyBrazos County value
New homes permitted · high15.1 /1k
93/100Texas 6.3 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Average commute time · low18.5 min
92/100Texas 26.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Distance to an emergency room · low3.3 mi
88/100Texas 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesBrazos County value

Weaknesses

Dental care shortage · high20.0
1/100Texas 5.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBrazos County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
3/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesBrazos County value
Child poverty rate · high29.6%
5/100Texas 17.9%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Primary care shortage · high18.0
5/100Texas 5.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBrazos County value
High school diploma or higher · low83.8%
6/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Grocery stores · low0.8 /10k
6/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBrazos County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.4% (2015-2019) → 87.0% (2020-2024)
+8.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$45,771 (2015-2019) → $59,289 (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.2× (2015-2019) → 3.8× (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
26.6% (2015-2019) → 30.1% (2020-2024)
+3.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
High school diploma or higherImproving
80.4% (2015-2019) → 83.8% (2020-2024)
+3.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
32.9% (2015-2019) → 29.6% (2020-2024)
−3.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Bryan, Texas improved on 3 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 9 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Bachelor's++3.5 points26.6% → 30.1%
Household income+30%$45,771 → $59,289
Broadband+8.6 points78.4% → 87.0%

Declined2

Commute+1.8 min16.7 min → 18.5 min
Price / income+0.6×3.2× → 3.8×

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Bryan, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.7 min2015-2019	18.5 min2020-2024	+1.8 min	Declined	29%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%2015-2019	30.1%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Improved	56%
Broadband subscriptions	78.4%2015-2019	87.0%2020-2024	+8.6 points	Improved	53%
Child poverty rate	32.9%2015-2019	29.6%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Effective property tax rate	1.70%2015-2019	1.38%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	76%
High school diploma or higher	80.4%2015-2019	83.8%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	41%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4692015-2019	0.4712020-2024	+0.002	Within the margin of error	49%
Median household income	$45,7712015-2019	$59,2892020-2024	+30%	Improved	54%
Poverty rate	22.8%2015-2019	23.0%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Public transit commuters	1.2%2015-2019	0.9%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Rent as share of income	32.9%2015-2019	33.9%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Rent-burdened households	54.6%2015-2019	57.0%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Unemployment rate	4.1%2015-2019	5.0%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	20.4%2015-2019	19.2%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Bryan, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bryan, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Bryan, Texas itself moved −1.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

87,939 residents (±66)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

33,622 households (±723)

Bryan, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k22%7,296
$25k–50k21%7,046
$50k–75k17%5,816

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

33,622 households (±723)

Bryan, Texas
Texas share

Own51%17,115
Rent49%16,507

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.5 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

41,609 workers (±1,084)

Bryan, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone77%31,853
Carpool12%4,946
Public transit0.9%†363

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the College Station-Bryan, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Brazos County, the county holding most of Bryan's residents.

Brazos County has 4,972 employer establishments, 202 for every 10,000 residents (0.81× the US rate of 248; 0.92× Texas's), with 80,204 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,910. The Census Bureau also counts 19,015 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,972; 19,015 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 202; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 80,204
Average annual pay: $47,910; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Brazos County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	450	18.3	0.99×About typical	11,523	$19,238	105
Ambulatory health care services	385	15.6	0.75×Fewer than typical	4,577	$87,583	779
Lessors of real estate	326	13.2	1.07×About typical	1,486	$45,843	1,906
Specialty trade contractors	287	11.6	0.75×Fewer than typical	2,930	$57,266	1,396
Limited-service restaurants	227	9.2	1.15×About typical	5,806	$18,328	37
Construction of buildings	185	7.5	0.99×About typical	1,344	$72,326	629
Services to buildings and dwellings	167	6.8	1.00×About typical	1,470	$37,876	1,234
Offices of physicians	152	6.2	0.95×About typical	1,045	$159,650	191
Full-service restaurants	151	6.1	0.80×Fewer than typical	4,609	$21,468	38
Building equipment contractors	128	5.2	0.86×About typical	1,699	$58,657	275
Religious organizations	125	5.1	0.91×About typical	1,452	$22,916	—
Management, scientific and technical consulting	109	4.4	0.66×Fewer than typical	609	$109,140	900

Rank places for an industry Open Brazos County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 246,477 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $102.6M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Bryan, Texas: $1,167 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $102.6M; +21% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,167; US $1,994
Sole-source: 97%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.9%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$99.1M97%
Transportation Security Administration$1.4M1.4%
Federal Acquisition Service$874.6K0.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs$815.6K0.8%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$769.7K0.8%
Defense Health Agency$41.4K0.0%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$40.3K0.0%
Defense Logistics Agency$9,3100.0%

Top recipients

BLUEFORGE ALLIANCE$98.9M96%
PRICE MODERN LLC$1.4M1.4%
SUSTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$905.1K0.9%
NEUTRAL POSTURE, INC$898.2K0.9%
STRATEGIC ARMORY CORPS LLC$207.9K0.2%
SOUTHERN CAREERS INSTITUTE INC

Spending by fiscal year

3.7MFY2017
4.2MFY2018
6.1MFY2019
5.2MFY2020
5.9MFY2021
3.6MFY2022
4.7MFY2023
126.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Ship and boat building · 3366$98.9M96%
Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing · 3372$2.3M2.3%
Colleges, universities, and professional schools · 6113$327.2K0.3%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$207.9K0.2%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$204.4K0.2%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$173.7K

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Bryan, Texas

2,510 X-RAY CHAIRS IN SUPPORT OF TSA SECURITY CAPABILITIES, DEPLOYMENT AND SUSTAINMENT DIVISION AND FEDERALIZED AIRPORT SCREENING OPERATIONS.$1.5M
PRICE MODERN LLC· Brazos County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 28, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026· 70T05026F7672N010
AT-22-X14 POWERON$1.3M
LGL ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.· Brazos County, TX· Professional services· Dec 21, 2022 – Jan 16, 2026· 140M0123F0003
MPS 3-ND CONSOLE CLEVELAND VAMC 541A65040$344.6K
SUSTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC· Brazos County, TX· Health & medical· Jul 16, 2026 – Jul 16, 2026· 36C25026F0415
THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL (OGC), SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, REQUIRES THE SERVICES OF EXPERT CONSULTING SERVICES FOR LITIGATION.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Bryan, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Bryan, Texas's figures are part of those of Brazos County, TX ($482.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 21% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Bryan is mostly in Brazos County.

See federal money in Brazos County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Bryan, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Michael T. McCaulR-TX-10 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 14.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Brazos County50100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

College Station-Bryan, TX43

Other cities and towns in Brazos County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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