Brentwood is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 5,442 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Brentwood is the 170th largest community in Maryland.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Brentwood is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Brentwood is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Brentwood who work in office and administrative support jobs (21.74%), sales jobs (6.73%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (6.64%).

In Brentwood, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.12 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Brentwood is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Brentwood Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Brentwood with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 11.29% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Brentwood in 2000 was $16,663, which is low income relative to Maryland, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $66,652 for a family of four.

Brentwood is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Brentwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Brentwood is African-American, followed by White. Brentwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.69% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Brentwood include Irish, African, and German.

In addition, Brentwood has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (25.38%).

The most common language spoken in Brentwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.