Brentwood vs Olivette

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

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

Olivette has the higher population (8,539 vs 8,151 in Brentwood). Olivette has the higher median household income ($105,898 vs $86,641 in Brentwood). Olivette has the higher median home value ($450,100 vs $276,100 in Brentwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brentwood	Olivette
Population	8,151	8,539
Median age	37.7 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,641	$105,898
Median home value	$276,100	$450,100
Median gross rent	$1,380	$1,515
Housing units	4,452	3,546
Homeownership rate	63.2%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.0%	68.5%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brentwood	Olivette
Population	8,005 → 8,151 (+1.8%)	7,849 → 8,539 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$81,069 → $86,641 (+6.9%)	$86,250 → $105,898 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$228,800 → $276,100 (+20.7%)	$338,100 → $450,100 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,239 → $1,380 (+11.4%)	$1,133 → $1,515 (+33.7%)

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

Olivette

Population

7,8498,539

Median household income

$86,250$105,898

Median home value

$338,100$450,100

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,515

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brentwood	Olivette
Under 5	5.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.5%	21.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	18.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	16.5%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	9.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.3%
75 and over	6.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brentwood	Olivette
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	52.6%
Black or African American	3.0%	20.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	20.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	9.9%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brentwood	Olivette
No high school diploma	1.1%	2.0%
High school graduate	9.3%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	37.3%	39.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brentwood	Olivette
Drove alone	73.4%	67.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	3.8%
Public transit	2.1%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.6%	23.8%
Other means	0.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brentwood	Olivette
1-unit, detached	52.0%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	14.5%
20 or more units	8.9%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Brentwood	Olivette
Poverty rate	4.9%	4.5%
Average household size	1.94	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1955	1961