Brea is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 47,844 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Brea is the 196th largest community in California. Housing costs in Brea are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.Brea is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.40% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Brea is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brea who work in management occupations (14.44%), sales jobs (12.10%), and office and administrative support (10.88%). Also of interest is that Brea has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.45% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. In Brea, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.75 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Brea. 52.22% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%. The per capita income in Brea in 2022 was $57,210, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $228,840 for a family of four. However, Brea contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Brea is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brea home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brea residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Brea also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.91% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Brea include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. Foreign born people are also an important part of Brea's cultural character, accounting for 24.37% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Brea is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
