Population
1,880 residents
Census ACS 2023 - Texas
City profile · Texas · Census ACS 2023
Population, income, housing, safety, climate and schools for Lake Bryan - drawn straight from Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA, NCES, HUD and FEMA, refreshed on the 2024–2025 release cycle.
Lake Bryan - the verdict
Lake Bryan has 1,880 residents in Texas. Source: Census ACS.
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Lake Bryan is a small town in Texas, home to 1,880 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Home values in Lake Bryan run a median of $232,300, and the median resident age is 30.9 years. Educational attainment runs 10.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 58.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Texas tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Texas scores 97.1 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,186 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $223 across Texas, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Commute times here average 21.1 minutes, with 88.7% driving alone and 5.0% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 88.4 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very High).
Population
1,880 residents
Census ACS 2023 - Texas
Median Household Income
N/A /yr
Poverty 11.2%
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near Average - BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
Lake Bryan measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Each percentile compares Lake Bryan against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Texas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Texas-relative analysis
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported bachelor's degree or higher data, Lake Bryan ranks #1,226 - the 26th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lake Bryan only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Texas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
How Lake Bryan's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$232,300 49th percentile more affordable than 49% of 15,600 US cities
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Median household income is not available for Lake Bryan in the current Census ACS release (common for very small places).
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Based on 734 workers 16 and over.
State-average estimates for Texas - EIA 2023 residential energy data
Estimates reflect Texas state averages. Actual costs vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Cost of living is a Texas state average from BEA; rent and hazard risk are county-level figures from HUD and FEMA for the county Lake Bryan sits in
Population-matched peers from other states, closest to Lake Bryan's 1,880 residents (Census ACS 5-Year 2023).
City-level race and ethnicity, Census ACS 5-year 2023 (tables B02001, B03001), OMB Directive 15 categories.
Population + median household income, sourced from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 (population) and B19013 (median household income).
| City | Population | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Bryan (this city) | 1,880 | N/A |
| Honey Grove | 1,886 | $47,225 |
| Laughlin AFB | 1,888 | $73,045 |
| Edgewood | 1,869 | $77,778 |
Lake Bryan, TX has a population of 1,880 according to U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates.
BEA does not publish a city-level cost-of-living figure for Lake Bryan; the closest available measure is the Texas state average, a cost of living index of 97.1 (U.S. average = 100), rated "Near Average" based on BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 data. Costs within Texas vary by metro area.
The median home value in Lake Bryan is $232,300, according to Census ACS 2023 estimates.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.
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