Brentwood vs San Ramon

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

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

San Ramon has the higher population (85,734 vs 64,609 in Brentwood). San Ramon has the higher median household income ($197,358 vs $139,567 in Brentwood). San Ramon has the higher median home value ($1,359,100 vs $791,600 in Brentwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brentwood	San Ramon
Population	64,609	85,734
Median age	40.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$139,567	$197,358
Median home value	$791,600	$1,359,100
Median gross rent	$2,509	$2,916
Housing units	21,444	30,396
Homeownership rate	82.0%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	71.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brentwood	San Ramon
Population	61,961 → 64,609 (+4.3%)	75,648 → 85,734 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$108,994 → $139,567 (+28.1%)	$160,783 → $197,358 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$580,500 → $791,600 (+36.4%)	$958,800 → $1,359,100 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,156 → $2,509 (+16.4%)	$2,391 → $2,916 (+22.0%)

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

San Ramon

Population

75,64885,734

Median household income

$160,783$197,358

Median home value

$958,800$1,359,100

Median gross rent

$2,391$2,916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brentwood	San Ramon
Under 5	4.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	21.7%	21.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	19.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.4%
75 and over	6.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brentwood	San Ramon
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	34.2%
Black or African American	9.4%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	16.5%	49.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.2%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.8%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brentwood	San Ramon
No high school diploma	7.9%	3.0%
High school graduate	19.4%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	39.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	32.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brentwood	San Ramon
Drove alone	67.4%	55.3%
Carpooled	9.8%	4.6%
Public transit	2.4%	3.9%
Walked	2.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.5%	32.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brentwood	San Ramon
1-unit, detached	89.3%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	9.3%
20 or more units	3.5%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Brentwood	San Ramon
Poverty rate	7.8%	4.1%
Average household size	3.08	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	41	35
Median year structure built	2003	1993