Moving to Brady, Texas
Population: 5,523. Estimated population in July 2024: 5,345 (-3.2% change)
Males: 2,537 (45.9%), Females: 2,986 (54.1%)
Zip code: 76825
Demographics
Median resident age: 37.3 years
Median household income: $22,961
Median house value: $31,300
Population by Race
Races in Brady:
- White Non-Hispanic (64.5%)
- Hispanic (32.7%)
- Other race (14.2%)
- Black (2.2%)
- Two or more races (1.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (13.0%), German (11.5%), Irish (10.2%), English (7.2%), Scotch-Irish (2.6%), Swedish (2.1%).
Land area: 9.2 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Brady
- High school or higher: 66.6%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 11.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.4%
- Unemployed: 8.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.1 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Brady city
- Never married: 15.5%
- Now married: 59.4%
- Separated: 2.9%
- Widowed: 11.6%
- Divorced: 10.7%
3.6% Foreign born (3.6% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -442 (-7.4%).
Hospitals
Hospital/medical center in Brady:
- HEART OF TEXAS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (NINE ROAD PO BOX 1150)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Brady:
- CONCHO COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 40 miles; EDEN, TX)
- BROWNWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 48 miles; BROWNWOOD, TX)
- COLEMAN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (about 50 miles; COLEMAN, TX)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Brady:
- SAN ANGELO REGIONAL/MATHIS FIELD (about 81 miles; SAN ANGELO, TX; Abbreviation: SJT)
- ABILENE REGIONAL (about 90 miles; ABILENE, TX; Abbreviation: ABI)
- DYESS AFB (about 96 miles; ABILENE, TX; Abbreviation: DYS)
Other public-use airports nearest to Brady:
- CURTIS FIELD (about 3 miles; BRADY, TX; Abbreviation: BBD)
- MASON COUNTY (about 31 miles; MASON, TX; Abbreviation: T92)
- MENARD COUNTY (about 36 miles; MENARD, TX; Abbreviation: T50)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Brady:
- ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 95 miles; SAN ANGELO, TX; Full-time enrollment: 5,477)
- ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 96 miles; ABILENE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 4,380)
- HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY (about 97 miles; Abilene, TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,026)
- CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE (about 108 miles; KILLEEN, TX; Full-time enrollment: 6,777)
- TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 109 miles; STEPHENVILLE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 6,068)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO (about 119 miles; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Full-time enrollment: 14,495)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE-SAN ANTONIO (about 125 miles; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,303)
Schools
Public high school in Brady:
- BRADY H S (Students: 418; Location: 100 W MAIN; Grades: 09 – 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Brady:
- BRADY EL (Students: 476; Location: 100 W MAIN; Grades: 01 – 06)
- BRADY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 295; Location: 100 W MAIN; Grades: 06 – 12)
- NORTH WARD PRI (Students: 203; Location: 100 W MAIN; Grades: PK – KG)
- ALTER ED PROG (Location: 100 W MAIN; Grades: N – N )
Libraries
Library in Brady:
- F.M. BUCK RICHARDS MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Operating income: $89,735; Location: 1106 S BLACKBURN ST; 20,284 books; 526 audio materials; 48 video materials; 10 serial subscriptions)