Best PlacesBryan, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bryan, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bryan ranks 1,520th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Thin health care access pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on short commutes.
The best neighborhoods in Bryan
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
The best areas in Bryan
The parts of Bryan, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Midway Place
Downtown Bryan
Villa West
Bryan shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 8% of the country and others in the top 5%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Bryan's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bryan ranks high
- Short commute19.3 minutes each way, better than 90% of cities
- Cheap childcare$707 a month, better than 89% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 78% of cities
Where Bryan ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Household income$67,005 median, better than only 18% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 20% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Bryan
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bryan home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,005, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Bryan's effective rate of 1.31%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bryan
Bryan runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bryan.
Who works in Bryan, and how
Work in Bryan centers on education and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bryan
Bryan has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of cities and more parkland per resident than 88% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bryan and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bryan, month by month
Bryan sees roughly 110 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 81° | 69° | 60° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Bryan
The nearest airport, Easterwood Field, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 77 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bryan
Schools across Bryan average a C, better than 22% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Mumford ElA− · 58% proficient
- Roland Reynolds ElB+ · 55% proficient
- Sam Houston ElB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Franklin MiddleA · 66% proficient
- A & M Consolidated MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- Caldwell J HB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- A & M Cons H SA · 67% proficient
- Franklin H SA− · 67% proficient
- Mumford H SA− · 67% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bryan school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bryan measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Bryan against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Bryan suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Bryan
Is Bryan a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bryan ranks 1,520th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on short commutes, affordable childcare, and low taxes, and lowest on thin health care access and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bryan expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $240,630. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $67,005 median income, cost of living beats 24% of cities.
Is Bryan safe?
Bryan is safer than 41% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $424 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bryan?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 63 with lows near 43. That works out to about 110 pleasant days a year, more than 66% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Bryan?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Midway Place, Downtown Bryan, and Villa West. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Bryan with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bryan. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bryan represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Bryan detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bryan: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bryan: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bryan: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bryan: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bryan detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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