▁Br ent wood ▁Element ary , ▁which ▁opened ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 5 0 s . ▁Br ent wood ▁Park ▁opened ▁that ▁same ▁year . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁homes ▁in ▁Br ent wood ▁are ▁b ung al ow ▁style . ▁B ung al ows ▁are ▁normally ▁one ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁stories ▁and ▁have ▁a ▁low ▁pitch ed ▁roof ▁and ▁horizontal ▁shape . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁b ung al ows ▁were ▁two ▁and ▁three ▁bed rooms ▁and ▁were ▁purchased ▁by ▁G Is ▁who ▁desired ▁to ▁start ▁families ▁after ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁census , ▁ 8 6 % ▁of ▁the ▁Br ent wood ▁population ▁is ▁over ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 8 , ▁and ▁the ▁average ▁household ▁size ▁is ▁ 1 . 9 ▁persons . ▁Only ▁ 1 7 % ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁is ▁over ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 6 5 . ▁Fort y - five ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁neighborhood ' s ▁residents ▁are ▁from ▁ 2 5 ▁to ▁ 4 4 ▁years ▁of ▁age , ▁and ▁ 5 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁homes ▁occupied ▁in ▁Br ent wood ▁are ▁one - person ▁households . ▁Just ▁over ▁ 2 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁neighborhood ' s ▁total ▁population ▁are ▁His pan ic ▁American ▁or ▁Lat ino , ▁while ▁ 7 4 % ▁of ▁Br ent wood ' s ▁population ▁are ▁White , ▁ 1 . 8 % ▁are ▁Asian , ▁and ▁ 2 . 3 % ▁are ▁Black ▁or ▁African