Brentwood is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 23,284 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Brentwood is the 292nd largest community in California.

Brentwood has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Brentwood, where the median household income is $69,198.

Brentwood is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Brentwood is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brentwood who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.46%), sales jobs (12.15%), and management occupations (11.64%).

Also of interest is that Brentwood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Brentwood are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

In Brentwood, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 43.79 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small city, Brentwood doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Brentwood Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Brentwood is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 20.91% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Brentwood in 2000 was $24,909, which is upper middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,636 for a family of four. However, Brentwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Brentwood is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brentwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Brentwood is White, followed by Asian. Brentwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.86% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Brentwood include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Portuguese.

The most common language spoken in Brentwood is English. Some people also speak Spanish.