Brenham is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 18,469 people and six associated neighborhoods, Brenham is the 167th largest community in Texas.

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.

In addition, Brenham is a college town. There are a lot of students in Brenham attending college, and as a result Brenham provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.

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 18.68 minutes getting to work every day.

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 somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.29% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Brenham in 2022 was $27,592, 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 $110,368 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 24.13% 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.