College Station, Texas population is 127,472 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #228 nationally and #31 in Texas. Cost of living runs 9.0% below the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); a family of four needs roughly $84,230/yr to break even (2025 modeled). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
127,472 people live in College Station as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #228 largest U.S. city.
How big is College Station?
College Station covers 51.2 square miles of land and 0.1 square miles of water. Its population density is about 2,492 residents per square mile of land. Compare U.S. cities by land area →
Source detail: 2025 population
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population grew 5.8% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 120,515 → 2025: 127,472 (+5.8%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
120,515
April 1, 2020
2020
120,791
July 1, 2020
2021
122,619
July 1, 2021
2022
124,421
July 1, 2022
2023
126,369
July 1, 2023
2024
127,208
July 1, 2024
2025
127,472
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population grew 24.6% from the July 2010 estimate to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
College Station is the #228 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #31 in Texas.
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Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
120,515
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
+6,957
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
+5.8%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
+264
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
+0.2%
within V2025 only
Density
2,492
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
51.2
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#228
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#31
of 1,224 in Texas
What is the median household income in College Station?
Median household income is 35% below the U.S. median ($50,900 vs $77,719); 29.2% live in poverty — 16.7 points above the 12.5% U.S. rate.
Median household income$50,900
US
College Station: $50,900 — 35% below the US median of $77,719.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data
College Station
$50,900
United States
$77,719
Income and poverty estimates for College Station from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
50,900-34.5% vs US
±2,400
Per capita income
31,948-26.2% vs US
±1,286
Population in poverty
29.2%
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 14% above the U.S. median ($346,700 vs $303,400); median rent is 11% below ($1,194 vs $1,348); price-to-income ratio is 6.8×, making it 1.7× as cost-burdened as the typical U.S. city (3.9×).
Median home value$346,700
US
College Station: $346,700 — 14% above the US median of $303,400.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,186/mo
US
College Station: $1,186/mo — 10% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2024 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for College Station. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
3.6%
College Station (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
69,969
2024 annual avg
Worked from home
12.2%-12.5% vs US
share of workers 16+ commuting from home · U.S. median: 14% · ACS
County context — College Station sits in Brazos County:
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Brazos County
22.1%
$61,938
3.4%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from College Station's linked county in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2024 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Accommodation and food services (72)
17,041
$456 / wk
#2
Health care and social assistance (62)
13,654
$1,201 / wk
#3
Retail trade (44-45)
11,708
$704 / wk
#4
Professional and technical services (54)
6,790
$1,577 / wk
#5
Manufacturing (31-33)
5,584
$1,094 / wk
What workers earn in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Fast Food and Counter Workers is the largest tracked occupation in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro (5,270 jobs, median $27,420/yr).
▸Show all 13 occupations
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Fast Food and Counter Workers
5,270
$27,420
$13.18
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
4,370
$57,790
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Customer Service Representatives
2,500
$37,190
$17.88
Cashiers
2,440
$28,600
$13.75
Stockers and Order Fillers
2,430
$35,210
$16.93
Waiters and Waitresses
2,410
$22,800
$10.96
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
1,970
$59,790
$28.75
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
3,250
$87,910
$42.27
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
3,120
$28,800
$13.85
Registered Nurses · benchmark
2,950
$83,090
$39.95
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
1,230
$49,540
$23.82
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
All items run 9.0% below the U.S. average (RPP 91.0); rents run 24.9% below (RPP 75.1) — the metro's housing affordability is the main driver.
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 91.0
US
College Station's cost of living runs 9.0% below the U.S. average (RPP 91.0 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 91.0
−9.0% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · College Station-Bryan, TX metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,186/mo
FY2026 · College Station-Bryan, TX MSA
State income tax (top marginal rate)
0%
no state income tax · TY2025
Family-of-four monthly budget total
$7,019/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources
Single-adult monthly budget total
$4,187/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources
Local income tax
—
not applicable in Texas · no modeled local income tax
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
12.8% foreign-born (U.S. median 14%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (9.8% of residents 5+).
A quick read on College Station's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
These are K-12 public school districts. Higher education (colleges and universities) is not represented in this dataset.
Public school districts serving College Station, from the NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files (GRF25, 2024–25 school year boundaries). The join is many-to-many — large cities often span multiple districts, and one district often serves multiple cities. Sorted primary district first. See methodology §12 for the consolidated-city fallback and Milford CT special case.
Source: NCES EDGE GRF25 · school year 2024–25 · methodology →
What is the climate like in College Station?
Hottest month: August (96°F avg high). Coldest: January (39°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 42.4 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for College Station from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
Natural-hazard exposure for College Station from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
County
NRI composite
Rating
Top hazards
Brazos County
88.4
Relatively Moderate
Lightning 97.5 Very High · Cold Wave 97.5 Relatively High · Tornado 96.7 Relatively High
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in College Station?
15 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 34% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for College Station from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of June 30, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
15 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
13
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
34.0%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
34.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
52,934
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of June 30, 2025 · methodology →
In-state context.
College Station sits at state rank #31 among 1,224 cities in Texas. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: North Charleston, SC · #227 · 129,245 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: West Palm Beach, FL · #229 · 127,189 residents.
Quick travel facts for College Station
Quick travel facts.
Nearest commercial airport
Easterwood Field(CLL) · 4 mi 6 km from city centroid
Best months to visit
Feb, Mar, Apr · months when the avg high sits in 65–80°F and precipitation is at or below the city's median monthly precip
Sources: elevation from USGS Elevation Point Query Service (3DEP) · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (FAA-aligned, type=large/medium, scheduled_service=yes) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about College Station.
How many people live in College Station, TX?
College Station has 127,472 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #228 largest city in the United States and #31 in Texas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is College Station growing or shrinking?
College Station has grown 5.8% since the April 2020 census baseline, adding 6,957 residents, including a 0.2% increase from 2024 to 2025. Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
What was College Station's population in the 2020 census?
College Station covers 51.2 square miles of land, with a population density of about 2,492 residents per square mile. Source: Census Gazetteer 2025.
What is the median household income in College Station?
$50,900, about 35% below the U.S. median. Source: ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024.
SourceU.S. Census · PEP
VintageV2025
Reference2025-07-01
Place typeIncorporated place
GEOID4815976
Last build2026-08-27
Sources · provenance
Every listed dataset is used on this page.
The GEOID for College Station is 4815976. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
