Brent’s household incomes are lower than in 89% of U.S. towns
22.5% of residents are in poverty; Florida has 12.6%. The two grades for Brent are C− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 3.1 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 31.0 in Miami.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Brent apart on work
Much of Brent works one town over
47% of working residents work in a town that borders Brent: Pensacola (27%), Ferry Pass (10%) and Ensley (4%). Next door ↓
Most Brent residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Brent are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 28 across Florida. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Florida worker, and quicker than any town next door (22 to 25 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Brent is where the jobs are
Brent has 13,430 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of Brent workers earn over $40,000 a year
41% of Brent’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 18% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Brent’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brent is better than 22% of U.S. towns, #558 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Brent’s grade up (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brent could be anywhere from D to C+.
How far Brent’s workers travel
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brent workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,834 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Brent on a workday afternoon
On a workday 7,015 residents head out to work, 1,055 work right here, and 12,375 people come in from elsewhere.
About 29,000 people are in Brent on a workday afternoon, 23% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The 13,430 jobs based in Brent
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brent, 2013 → 2023: 18,655 → 13,430. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brent’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Brent
Where Brent clocks in
27% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Brent is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brent is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns, #29 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Brent near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,115 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 82% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 28% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 76% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 14.7% of Brent households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Brent’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,403rd of 1,577: where Brent ranks among U.S. towns of 17,000 to 32,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,401 | Carrollton GA | 27,925 | $54K | 25.4% | 5.2% | 30% | C− |
| 1,402 | Del City OK | 21,138 | $47K | 22.6% | 7.7% | 4% | C− |
| 1,403 | Brent FL | 23,813 | $49K | 22.5% | 6.0% | 13% | C− |
| 1,404 | Stuart FL | 19,451 | $60K | 17.3% | 8.2% | 24% | C− |
| 1,405 | Painesville OH | 20,660 | $52K | 25.6% | 6.5% | 10% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,577 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Brent, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door is work for 47% of Brent
The biggest share goes to Pensacola (27%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brent workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent | – | C− | A+ | 19 min | $49,167 |
| Pensacola | 27% | C+ | A− | 22 min | $74,212 |
| West Pensacola | 2% | C− | A+ | 25 min | $40,511 |
| Bellview | 2% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $69,890 |
| Ferry Pass | 10% | C | A | 22 min | $61,689 |
| Goulding | 2% | D | A | 25 min | $29,368 |
| Ensley | 4% | C | B+ | 23 min | $59,084 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brent’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Brent: questions
What is the median household income in Brent?
$49,167 (±$8,573) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brent?
22.5%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brent?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brent work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (27%, 4 mi), Ferry Pass (10%, 5 mi), Ensley (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brent walkable?
Brent is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 11.3 out of 20, and 19% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brent without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. 28% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brent, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brent
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.