Brea is a medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 48,479 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Brea is the 196th largest community in California.

Brea home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Brea real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.89% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 31.69 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Brea, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Brea is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 50.21% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Brea in 2022 was $53,128, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $212,512 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 30.80% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Brea include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

Brea also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 23.93%.

The most common language spoken in Brea is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.