Brent is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 4,074 people and three associated neighborhoods, Brent is the 173rd largest community in Alabama.When you are in Brent, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.25% of Brent’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Brent is a city of professionals, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brent who work in food service (13.57%), healthcare (10.00%), and teaching (9.64%). A relatively large number of people in Brent telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.68% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Brent has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Brent has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Brent than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Brent may be for you. One downside of living in Brent is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Brent, the average commute to work is 31.85 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The citizens of Brent have a very low rate of college education: just 9.54% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Brent in 2022 was $16,638, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,552 for a family of four. However, Brent contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Brent also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 50.79% of its population below the federal poverty line.Brent is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brent home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brent residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Brent include Irish, English, German, French, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Brent is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
