Brentwood vs Danville

A side-by-side comparison of Brentwood and Danville: population, income, housing, and more.

Brentwood and Danville are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brentwood has the higher population (64,609 vs 43,426 in Danville). Danville has the higher median household income ($223,206 vs $139,567 in Brentwood). Danville has the higher median home value ($1,583,300 vs $791,600 in Brentwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brentwood	Danville
Population	64,609	43,426
Median age	40.5 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$139,567	$223,206
Median home value	$791,600	$1,583,300
Median gross rent	$2,509	$3,501
Housing units	21,444	15,909
Homeownership rate	82.0%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	72.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brentwood	Danville
Population	61,961 → 64,609 (+4.3%)	44,605 → 43,426 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$108,994 → $139,567 (+28.1%)	$160,808 → $223,206 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$580,500 → $791,600 (+36.4%)	$1,091,900 → $1,583,300 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,156 → $2,509 (+16.4%)	$2,489 → $3,501 (+40.7%)

Brentwood

Population

61,96164,609

Median household income

$108,994$139,567

Median home value

$580,500$791,600

Median gross rent

$2,156$2,509

Danville

Population

44,60543,426

Median household income

$160,808$223,206

Median home value

$1,091,900$1,583,300

Median gross rent

$2,489$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brentwood	Danville
Under 5	4.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	21.7%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.0%	5.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	16.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.7%
75 and over	6.9%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brentwood	Danville
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	65.2%
Black or African American	9.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	16.5%	19.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	24.8%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brentwood	Danville
No high school diploma	7.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	19.4%	6.8%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	43.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	29.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brentwood	Danville
Drove alone	67.4%	54.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	5.3%
Public transit	2.4%	3.3%
Walked	2.1%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.5%	32.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brentwood	Danville
1-unit, detached	89.3%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	2.9%
20 or more units	3.5%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brentwood	Danville
Poverty rate	7.8%	3.6%
Average household size	3.08	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	41	32
Median year structure built	2003	1979