Berkeley vs Brentwood

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

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

Brentwood has the higher population (8,151 vs 8,149 in Berkeley). Brentwood has the higher median household income ($86,641 vs $40,654 in Berkeley). Brentwood has the higher median home value ($276,100 vs $80,000 in Berkeley).

Population, income & housing

	Berkeley	Brentwood
Population	8,149	8,151
Median age	28.4 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,654	$86,641
Median home value	$80,000	$276,100
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,380
Housing units	3,462	4,452
Homeownership rate	50.3%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	73.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berkeley	Brentwood
Population	8,927 → 8,149 (-8.7%)	8,005 → 8,151 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$33,185 → $40,654 (+22.5%)	$81,069 → $86,641 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$63,700 → $80,000 (+25.6%)	$228,800 → $276,100 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$993 → $1,075 (+8.3%)	$1,239 → $1,380 (+11.4%)

Berkeley

Population

8,9278,149

Median household income

$33,185$40,654

Median home value

$63,700$80,000

Median gross rent

$993$1,075

Brentwood

Population

8,0058,151

Median household income

$81,069$86,641

Median home value

$228,800$276,100

Median gross rent

$1,239$1,380

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berkeley	Brentwood
Under 5	8.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	25.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	18.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	16.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	5.8%	9.4%
75 and over	4.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berkeley	Brentwood
White (non-Hispanic)	6.0%	78.7%
Black or African American	84.6%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.5%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berkeley	Brentwood
No high school diploma	14.1%	1.1%
High school graduate	36.7%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	35.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	37.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berkeley	Brentwood
Drove alone	58.3%	73.4%
Carpooled	20.1%	6.0%
Public transit	3.8%	2.1%
Walked	0.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.2%	16.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berkeley	Brentwood
1-unit, detached	86.9%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	10.4%
20 or more units	3.2%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Berkeley	Brentwood
Poverty rate	34.1%	4.9%
Average household size	2.63	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1957	1955