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Brea city, California: commercial real estate data.
Brea city is a Census city of 47,469 people across 12.65 square miles of land, in Orange County. Median household income is $131,129, 59.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 136 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $107.0 m.
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Brea
What Brea is
- Census place typecity
- Land area12.65 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,753
- County holding the largest share of its areaOrange County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Brea
- Population47,469
- Median age39.7
- Population under 1810,769
- Share under 1822.7 percent
- Population 65 and over8,177
- Share 65 and over17.2 percent
- Households16,787
- Family households12,167
- Share of households that are families72.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Brea
- Median household income$131,129
- Per capita income$57,210
- Civilian labor force24,678
- Employed23,420
- Unemployed1,258 plus or minus 404
- Unemployment rate5.1 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over33,146
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher52.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree20.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Brea
- Housing units17,373
- Occupied units16,787
- Vacant units586 plus or minus 251
- Vacancy rate3.4 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Owner occupied10,028
- Renter occupied6,759
- Ownership rate59.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$922,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,397
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.9 percent
- Single family units11,401
- Share single family65.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more5,289
- Share in buildings of two or more30.4 percent
- Mobile homes683 plus or minus 144
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Brea gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute19,351
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,484
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more9,861
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more51.0 percent
- Drove alone74.1 percent
- Carpooled6.6 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home15.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Brea (7(a))
- Approvals136
- Gross approval$107,032,800
- Average approval$787,006
- Median approval$300,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,175,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,394
- Jobs per approval10.3
- Loans with a final outcome23
- Paid in full20
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans13.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.6 percent
- Share to franchises11.0 percent
- Distinct lenders48
- Distinct industries by NAICS86
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Brea (504)
- Approvals80
- Gross approval$88,931,000
- Average approval$1,111,638
- Median approval$681,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported893
- Loans with a final outcome36
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs9
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Brea
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060214
- Currently effective map date12/03/09
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Orange County, not Brea
Orange County context, not Brea figures
These are Orange County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Brea measurements.
- Establishments in Orange County106,961
- Employment at those establishments, Orange County1,580,778
- Covered employment, Orange County1,661,276
- Average annual pay, Orange County$81,403
- Average weekly wage, Orange County$1,565
- Housing units permitted, Orange County6,972
- Of those, single family, Orange County2,671
- County product, 2024, Orange County$351,752,654,000
- County product change over the prior year, Orange County5.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Orange County$114,759
Every figure in this section is published for Orange County as a whole and is not a measurement of Brea. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Brea questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Brea, California?
47,469, in 16,787 households. Brea city covers 12.65 square miles of land, which is 3,753 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Brea in?
Orange County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Brea?
$131,129. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $922,300. Median gross rent is $2,397 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Brea businesses?
136 7(a) approvals totalling $107.0 m, across 48 lenders, median approval $300,000, plus 80 504 approvals worth $88.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Brea, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Brea borrowers get paid back?
Of the 23 loans that have reached a final outcome, 20 were paid in full and 3 charged off, a charge off rate of 13.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Brea in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Brea appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060214, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Brea figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Orange County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Brea.
Is zoning published for Brea?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.