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, Brenham isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Brenham are a mix 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. A relatively large number of people in Brenham telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.35% 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. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.46 minutes getting to work every day. Being a small city, Brenham does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Brenham citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.05% of adults in Brenham have at least a bachelor's 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.
