Brentwood vs Pittsburg

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

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

Pittsburg has the higher population (75,868 vs 64,609 in Brentwood). Brentwood has the higher median household income ($139,567 vs $101,099 in Pittsburg). Brentwood has the higher median home value ($791,600 vs $583,100 in Pittsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Brentwood	Pittsburg
Population	64,609	75,868
Median age	40.5 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$139,567	$101,099
Median home value	$791,600	$583,100
Median gross rent	$2,509	$2,201
Housing units	21,444	24,272
Homeownership rate	82.0%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brentwood	Pittsburg
Population	61,961 → 64,609 (+4.3%)	71,422 → 75,868 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$108,994 → $139,567 (+28.1%)	$74,459 → $101,099 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$580,500 → $791,600 (+36.4%)	$386,200 → $583,100 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,156 → $2,509 (+16.4%)	$1,734 → $2,201 (+26.9%)

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

Pittsburg

Population

71,42275,868

Median household income

$74,459$101,099

Median home value

$386,200$583,100

Median gross rent

$1,734$2,201

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brentwood	Pittsburg
Under 5	4.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	21.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.4%
75 and over	6.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brentwood	Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	17.2%
Black or African American	9.4%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	16.5%	18.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	1.1%
Some other race	0.9%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.8%	43.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brentwood	Pittsburg
No high school diploma	7.9%	19.9%
High school graduate	19.4%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brentwood	Pittsburg
Drove alone	67.4%	70.2%
Carpooled	9.8%	12.6%
Public transit	2.4%	6.9%
Walked	2.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.5%	7.9%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brentwood	Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	89.3%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	5.6%
20 or more units	3.5%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Brentwood	Pittsburg
Poverty rate	7.8%	11.0%
Average household size	3.08	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	41	38
Median year structure built	2003	1982