What is the population of Brentwood city?

Brentwood city has 64,609 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #142 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Brentwood city?

Median household income in Brentwood city is $139,567 a year, 77.7% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Brentwood city?

Median gross rent is $2,509 a month and the median home value is $791,600, so rent absorbs about 21.6% of median household income.

Is Brentwood city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Brentwood city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Brentwood, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Brentwood, California (Brentwood, CA — Census place “Brentwood city”) is 64,609 residents, ranking #142 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $139,567, the median home is worth $791,600 and median gross rent runs $2,509 a month. Looking for the Brentwood California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Brentwood, CA: 94513.

Population: 64,609Brentwood city residents
Median household income: $139,567Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $791,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,509Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 82%Owner-occupied households

Brentwood ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Brentwood.

The Brentwood CA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

94513

What the numbers mean in Brentwood city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Brentwood city median would spend about 21.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.8% of residents and 82% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Brentwood city, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Brentwood city is a small city in California, with 64,609 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #142 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 40.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Brentwood city earn a median of $139,567 a year, 77.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 53% above the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 7.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Brentwood city is valued at $791,600, 160.9% above the national figure and 34% above the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,509 a month, 78.4% above the national figure, or roughly $30,108 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 82% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Brentwood city?: Brentwood city has 64,609 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #142 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Brentwood city?: Median household income in Brentwood city is $139,567 a year, 77.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Brentwood city?: Median gross rent is $2,509 a month and the median home value is $791,600, so rent absorbs about 21.6% of median household income.
Is Brentwood city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Brentwood city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Brentwood city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.