Brent is a very small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,807 people and three associated neighborhoods, Brent is the 173rd largest community in Alabama.Brent is a blue-collar town, with 52.71% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Brent is a city of professionals, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brent who work in teaching (11.08%), farm management occupations (8.37%), and office and administrative support (5.42%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.11% 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. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Brent has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Brent has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Brent than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Brent may be for you. As is often the case in a small city, Brent doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of people in Brent with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.42% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Brent in 2022 was $18,399, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $73,596 for a family of four. However, Brent contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Brent also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 44.32% of its population below the federal poverty line.Brent is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brent home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brent residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Brent include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Brent is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
