Brea vs Cypress

A side-by-side comparison of Brea and Cypress: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cypress has the higher population (49,531 vs 47,337 in Brea). Brea has the higher median household income ($124,837 vs $124,167 in Cypress). Brea has the higher median home value ($874,300 vs $870,100 in Cypress).

Population, income & housing

	Brea	Cypress
Population	47,337	49,531
Median age	39.6 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$124,837	$124,167
Median home value	$874,300	$870,100
Median gross rent	$2,285	$2,454
Housing units	17,205	16,514
Homeownership rate	60.3%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brea	Cypress
Population	42,678 → 47,337 (+10.9%)	48,893 → 49,531 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$94,492 → $124,837 (+32.1%)	$93,137 → $124,167 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$660,400 → $874,300 (+32.4%)	$632,900 → $870,100 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,851 → $2,285 (+23.4%)	$1,890 → $2,454 (+29.8%)

Brea

Population

42,67847,337

Median household income

$94,492$124,837

Median home value

$660,400$874,300

Median gross rent

$1,851$2,285

Cypress

Population

48,89349,531

Median household income

$93,137$124,167

Median home value

$632,900$870,100

Median gross rent

$1,890$2,454

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brea	Cypress
Under 5	5.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.8%
75 and over	6.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brea	Cypress
White (non-Hispanic)	36.8%	31.6%
Black or African American	1.7%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	25.9%	37.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	30.8%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brea	Cypress
No high school diploma	6.8%	8.5%
High school graduate	14.4%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brea	Cypress
Drove alone	76.5%	70.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.5%
Walked	1.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.9%	17.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brea	Cypress
1-unit, detached	54.1%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	17.3%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	18.5%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Brea	Cypress
Poverty rate	6.4%	6.8%
Average household size	2.85	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1978	1971