Brea vs Stanton

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

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

Brea has the higher population (47,337 vs 38,639 in Stanton). Brea has the higher median household income ($124,837 vs $81,455 in Stanton). Brea has the higher median home value ($874,300 vs $541,000 in Stanton).

Population, income & housing

	Brea	Stanton
Population	47,337	38,639
Median age	39.6 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$124,837	$81,455
Median home value	$874,300	$541,000
Median gross rent	$2,285	$1,905
Housing units	17,205	12,992
Homeownership rate	60.3%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brea	Stanton
Population	42,678 → 47,337 (+10.9%)	38,377 → 38,639 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$94,492 → $124,837 (+32.1%)	$57,598 → $81,455 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$660,400 → $874,300 (+32.4%)	$386,400 → $541,000 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,851 → $2,285 (+23.4%)	$1,573 → $1,905 (+21.1%)

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

Stanton

Population

38,37738,639

Median household income

$57,598$81,455

Median home value

$386,400$541,000

Median gross rent

$1,573$1,905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brea	Stanton
Under 5	5.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.3%
75 and over	6.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brea	Stanton
White (non-Hispanic)	36.8%	15.6%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	25.9%	27.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	30.8%	52.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brea	Stanton
No high school diploma	6.8%	27.6%
High school graduate	14.4%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brea	Stanton
Drove alone	76.5%	73.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	12.0%
Public transit	0.7%	2.2%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.9%	7.7%
Other means	1.3%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brea	Stanton
1-unit, detached	54.1%	27.4%
1-unit, attached	11.5%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	12.0%
20 or more units	18.5%	21.2%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Brea	Stanton
Poverty rate	6.4%	11.9%
Average household size	2.85	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1978	1974