Brenham is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 19,142 people and six associated neighborhoods, Brenham is the 167th largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Brenham is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Brenham is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brenham who work in office and administrative support (11.47%), sales jobs (9.83%), and food service (7.19%). Also of interest is that Brenham 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: 7.35% 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. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Brenham spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.46 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be. Brenham is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Brenham is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.05% of adults in Brenham have a college degree. The per capita income in Brenham in 2022 was $31,000, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,000 for a family of four. However, Brenham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Brenham is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brenham home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brenham residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Brenham also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.16% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Brenham include German, Irish, English, French, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Brenham is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
