Brea is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 48,479 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Brea is the 196th largest community in California. Housing costs in Brea are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.Brea is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.04% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Brea is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brea who work in management occupations (14.64%), office and administrative support (11.61%), and sales jobs (11.43%). Also of interest is that Brea has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.89% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Brea is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Brea, the average commute to work is 31.69 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Brea, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Brea is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 50.21% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Brea in 2022 was $53,128, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $212,512 for a family of four. However, Brea contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Brea is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brea home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brea residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Brea also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.80% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Brea include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. Brea also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 23.93%. The most common language spoken in Brea is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
