Brentwood vs Brown Station

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

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

Brown Station has the higher population (3,918 vs 3,753 in Brentwood). Brown Station has the higher median household income ($153,750 vs $70,573 in Brentwood). Brown Station has the higher median home value ($449,700 vs $413,100 in Brentwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brentwood	Brown Station
Population	3,753	3,918
Median age	35.6 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,573	$153,750
Median home value	$413,100	$449,700
Median gross rent	$1,564	—
Housing units	1,452	1,401
Homeownership rate	44.6%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brentwood	Brown Station
Population	3,476 → 3,753 (+8.0%)	3,596 → 3,918 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $70,573 (-10.4%)	$126,250 → $153,750 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$298,600 → $413,100 (+38.3%)	$374,600 → $449,700 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,409 → $1,564 (+11.0%)	$2,195 → $1,934 (-11.9%)

Brentwood

Population

3,4763,753

Median household income

$78,750$70,573

Median home value

$298,600$413,100

Median gross rent

$1,409$1,564

Brown Station

Population

3,5963,918

Median household income

$126,250$153,750

Median home value

$374,600$449,700

Median gross rent

$2,195$1,934

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brentwood	Brown Station
Under 5	9.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	18.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	18.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	20.0%
65 to 74	4.6%	15.5%
75 and over	4.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brentwood	Brown Station
White (non-Hispanic)	9.9%	3.8%
Black or African American	30.7%	91.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	53.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brentwood	Brown Station
No high school diploma	35.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	26.3%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brentwood	Brown Station
Drove alone	50.0%	70.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	2.8%
Public transit	21.0%	9.9%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	11.3%
Other means	7.5%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brentwood	Brown Station
1-unit, detached	56.0%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	32.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brentwood	Brown Station
Poverty rate	11.9%	3.6%
Average household size	2.73	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1948	1988