Brentwood vs Sunset Hills

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

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

Sunset Hills has the higher population (9,113 vs 8,151 in Brentwood). Sunset Hills has the higher median household income ($133,895 vs $86,641 in Brentwood). Sunset Hills has the higher median home value ($522,300 vs $276,100 in Brentwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brentwood	Sunset Hills
Population	8,151	9,113
Median age	37.7 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$86,641	$133,895
Median home value	$276,100	$522,300
Median gross rent	$1,380	$3,454
Housing units	4,452	3,829
Homeownership rate	63.2%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.0%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brentwood	Sunset Hills
Population	8,005 → 8,151 (+1.8%)	8,472 → 9,113 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$81,069 → $86,641 (+6.9%)	$106,094 → $133,895 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$228,800 → $276,100 (+20.7%)	$392,200 → $522,300 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,239 → $1,380 (+11.4%)	$1,833 → $3,454 (+88.4%)

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

Sunset Hills

Population

8,4729,113

Median household income

$106,094$133,895

Median home value

$392,200$522,300

Median gross rent

$1,833$3,454

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brentwood	Sunset Hills
Under 5	5.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	18.5%	4.7%
35 to 44	16.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.7%
75 and over	6.0%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brentwood	Sunset Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	92.3%
Black or African American	3.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brentwood	Sunset Hills
No high school diploma	1.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	9.3%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	38.2%
Graduate or professional degree	37.3%	25.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brentwood	Sunset Hills
Drove alone	73.4%	78.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	4.6%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.6%	15.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brentwood	Sunset Hills
1-unit, detached	52.0%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	1.6%
20 or more units	8.9%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Brentwood	Sunset Hills
Poverty rate	4.9%	2.1%
Average household size	1.94	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1955	1978