Brentwood vs Fairview

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

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

Brentwood has the higher population (45,272 vs 9,751 in Fairview). Brentwood has the higher median household income ($184,720 vs $88,333 in Fairview). Brentwood has the higher median home value ($926,700 vs $354,900 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Brentwood	Fairview
Population	45,272	9,751
Median age	44.0 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$184,720	$88,333
Median home value	$926,700	$354,900
Median gross rent	$2,497	$1,203
Housing units	15,607	3,560
Homeownership rate	90.9%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.5%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brentwood	Fairview
Population	42,407 → 45,272 (+6.8%)	8,762 → 9,751 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$168,688 → $184,720 (+9.5%)	$69,300 → $88,333 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$655,400 → $926,700 (+41.4%)	$225,900 → $354,900 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,085 → $2,497 (+19.8%)	$1,075 → $1,203 (+11.9%)

Brentwood

Population

42,40745,272

Median household income

$168,688$184,720

Median home value

$655,400$926,700

Median gross rent

$2,085$2,497

Fairview

Population

8,7629,751

Median household income

$69,300$88,333

Median home value

$225,900$354,900

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,203

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brentwood	Fairview
Under 5	3.3%	8.0%
5 to 17	23.8%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	11.7%
25 to 34	4.8%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	18.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.1%
75 and over	6.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brentwood	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	84.5%
Black or African American	4.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brentwood	Fairview
No high school diploma	1.9%	5.7%
High school graduate	7.7%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	41.3%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	33.1%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brentwood	Fairview
Drove alone	68.4%	74.1%
Carpooled	3.4%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	15.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brentwood	Fairview
1-unit, detached	88.9%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	6.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Brentwood	Fairview
Poverty rate	2.5%	11.6%
Average household size	3.02	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	26	37
Median year structure built	1996	1996