Because there are quite a few people attending college in Brenham, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Brenham provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.68 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Brenham does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Brenham is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.29% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Brenham in 2018 was $27,592, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,368 for a family of four. However, Brenham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Brenham is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brenham home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brenham residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Brenham also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.13% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Brenham include German, Irish, English, French, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Brenham is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
