One of the benefits of Brenham is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.46 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
As is often the case in a small city, Brenham doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
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.
