Brentwood vs Oakley

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

Brentwood and Oakley 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 44,311 in Oakley). Brentwood has the higher median household income ($139,567 vs $132,067 in Oakley). Brentwood has the higher median home value ($791,600 vs $632,800 in Oakley).

Population, income & housing

	Brentwood	Oakley
Population	64,609	44,311
Median age	40.5 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$139,567	$132,067
Median home value	$791,600	$632,800
Median gross rent	$2,509	$2,031
Housing units	21,444	13,667
Homeownership rate	82.0%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brentwood	Oakley
Population	61,961 → 64,609 (+4.3%)	41,324 → 44,311 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$108,994 → $139,567 (+28.1%)	$104,893 → $132,067 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$580,500 → $791,600 (+36.4%)	$441,900 → $632,800 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,156 → $2,509 (+16.4%)	$1,688 → $2,031 (+20.3%)

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

Oakley

Population

41,32444,311

Median household income

$104,893$132,067

Median home value

$441,900$632,800

Median gross rent

$1,688$2,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brentwood	Oakley
Under 5	4.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	21.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	9.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.7%
75 and over	6.9%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brentwood	Oakley
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	42.3%
Black or African American	9.4%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	16.5%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.8%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	24.8%	33.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brentwood	Oakley
No high school diploma	7.9%	11.5%
High school graduate	19.4%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brentwood	Oakley
Drove alone	67.4%	73.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	8.7%
Public transit	2.4%	2.2%
Walked	2.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.5%	14.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brentwood	Oakley
1-unit, detached	89.3%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.7%
20 or more units	3.5%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Brentwood	Oakley
Poverty rate	7.8%	6.6%
Average household size	3.08	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	41	42
Median year structure built	2003	1995