Happy Wednesday,
The Real Estate Center at Texas A&M has released new Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) overviews for many Texas MSA's, including College Station - Bryan. The 38-page .pdf report is available on the center's Website. I really wasn't in to statistics in college, but find them both educational and entertaining today. This report has far too much material for one blog, but will make a fun series as I pick my way through the details.
The College Station - Bryan MSA consists of 2,133 square miles encompassing three Texas counties, Robertson, Burelson and Brazos. College Station - Bryan is withing 180 miles, or approximately three hours, of 80% of Texas' population. Our population density is 99.5 people per square mile.
College Station is home of Texas A&M University, which was founded as Texas' first public institution of higher learning, in 1876. A space, sea and land-grant university, it is home to the George Bush (41) Presidential Library and Museum. More on our university system in a later blog. Bryan was established by Stephen F. Austin's nephew in 1859. The railroad came in 1867, turning the town into an agricultural and commercial center.
Local population climbed from 182,327 in 1999 to 212,268 in 2009, giving us a current population density of 99.5 people per square mile. Of the three counties, Brazos grew almost 20% in the last decade while Robertson County lost 2.6% of its population.
City-wise, College Station leads Bryan in decade growth 2 to 1. Projected growth puts the MSA at 245,000 in 2020. Compared to Texas state growth, our are was in the middle of the pack with 16.4% over the last decade, compared with a high in Austin/Round Rock/San Marcos of 41.4% and a low of Beaumont/Port Aurthur losing about 2.6 of its population. Nationally, Texas continues to be an inbound migration state.
That's enough dry stuff for now. The next installment will be a bit more interesting as I look at education and employment at the home of Texas A& M University.
Blue skies,
Sam White
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"College Station - Bryan is withing 180 miles, or approximately three hours, of 80% of Texas' population."
That's why I lived there for so many years. I could take off at 5:00 Friday afternoon and be at my friends' weekend parties in Corpus, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Tyler, Houston, Beaumont, or Victoria in just a few hours.