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Lake Bryan, Texas.

A community in Brazos County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Brazos County’s.

Living in Lake Bryan, Brazos County, Texas

Lake Bryan, in Brazos County, had 2,060 people in the 2020 census. 91% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 9% are rented. Unemployment in Brazos County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 2.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Brazos County work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.

People 2,060 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Lake Bryan for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.9% Brazos County, August 2026; 4.2% a year before
Homes 91% lived in by their owners; 9% rented
  • 670households
  • 6%of adults have a degree
  • 13%below the poverty line
  • 22 mintypical commute
  • 3%work from home

What people in Brazos County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care32%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment12%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Building trades8%
  • Manufacturing6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Brazos County had 126,296 jobs in 2025, 2.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 62° and 41°; warmest in August, 97° and 75° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 62° 41° F M A M J J A 97° 75° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 62° and 41°; warmest in August, 97° and 75° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 62° 41° F M A M J J A 97° 75° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 41°; warmest in August, with highs near 97° and lows near 75°. About 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the College Station weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Brazos County

  1. Texas A & M University-College StationUniversity or college12,053
  2. Bryan ISDSchool district2,632FTE
  3. College Station ISDSchool district2,102FTE
  4. St. Joseph Regional Health CenterGeneral hospital1,982FTE
  5. Sanderson Farms Brazos ProcessingPoultry processing1,608
  6. College Station HospitalGeneral hospital1,481FTE
  7. Fujiflm Diosynth Biotechnologies TexasVaccines manufacturing775
  8. H-E-BRetail645

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 161 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 21,119 people in all across the county; Lake Bryan has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. DroughtRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. Cold wavesRelatively high
  4. TornadoesRelatively high
  5. Winter weatherRelatively high
  6. HailRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lake Bryan’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Brazos County.