Brentwood vs Walnut Creek

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

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

Walnut Creek has the higher population (69,790 vs 64,609 in Brentwood). Brentwood has the higher median household income ($139,567 vs $135,665 in Walnut Creek). Walnut Creek has the higher median home value ($1,031,100 vs $791,600 in Brentwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brentwood	Walnut Creek
Population	64,609	69,790
Median age	40.5 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$139,567	$135,665
Median home value	$791,600	$1,031,100
Median gross rent	$2,509	$2,613
Housing units	21,444	33,618
Homeownership rate	82.0%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	69.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brentwood	Walnut Creek
Population	61,961 → 64,609 (+4.3%)	69,567 → 69,790 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$108,994 → $139,567 (+28.1%)	$105,948 → $135,665 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$580,500 → $791,600 (+36.4%)	$793,100 → $1,031,100 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,156 → $2,509 (+16.4%)	$2,095 → $2,613 (+24.7%)

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

Walnut Creek

Population

69,56769,790

Median household income

$105,948$135,665

Median home value

$793,100$1,031,100

Median gross rent

$2,095$2,613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brentwood	Walnut Creek
Under 5	4.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.7%	11.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	15.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	14.0%
75 and over	6.9%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brentwood	Walnut Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	62.2%
Black or African American	9.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	16.5%	16.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.8%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	24.8%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brentwood	Walnut Creek
No high school diploma	7.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	19.4%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	38.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	30.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brentwood	Walnut Creek
Drove alone	67.4%	49.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	7.7%
Public transit	2.4%	8.9%
Walked	2.1%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	17.5%	28.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brentwood	Walnut Creek
1-unit, detached	89.3%	38.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	12.5%
20 or more units	3.5%	23.8%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Brentwood	Walnut Creek
Poverty rate	7.8%	5.9%
Average household size	3.08	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	41	33
Median year structure built	2003	1974