Brentwood vs Thompson's Station

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

Brentwood and Thompson's Station 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 7,855 in Thompson's Station). Brentwood has the higher median household income ($184,720 vs $122,139 in Thompson's Station). Brentwood has the higher median home value ($926,700 vs $598,200 in Thompson's Station).

Population, income & housing

	Brentwood	Thompson's Station
Population	45,272	7,855
Median age	44.0 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$184,720	$122,139
Median home value	$926,700	$598,200
Median gross rent	$2,497	$2,124
Housing units	15,607	2,743
Homeownership rate	90.9%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.5%	60.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brentwood	Thompson's Station
Population	42,407 → 45,272 (+6.8%)	5,456 → 7,855 (+44.0%)
Median household income	$168,688 → $184,720 (+9.5%)	$104,250 → $122,139 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$655,400 → $926,700 (+41.4%)	$420,400 → $598,200 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,085 → $2,497 (+19.8%)	$1,827 → $2,124 (+16.3%)

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

Thompson's Station

Population

5,4567,855

Median household income

$104,250$122,139

Median home value

$420,400$598,200

Median gross rent

$1,827$2,124

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brentwood	Thompson's Station
Under 5	3.3%	8.4%
5 to 17	23.8%	20.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	11.3%
25 to 34	4.8%	5.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	18.1%
45 to 54	18.9%	14.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.0%
75 and over	6.3%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brentwood	Thompson's Station
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	81.5%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.1%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brentwood	Thompson's Station
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	7.7%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	41.3%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	33.1%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brentwood	Thompson's Station
Drove alone	68.4%	65.5%
Carpooled	3.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	25.4%
Other means	1.1%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brentwood	Thompson's Station
1-unit, detached	88.9%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	17.3%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	6.3%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Brentwood	Thompson's Station
Poverty rate	2.5%	3.0%
Average household size	3.02	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1996	2013