Brent is a census-designated place (CDP) in Escambia County, Florida, United States. The population was 22,257 at the 2000 census. It is a principal city of the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The elevation is above sea level.According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10.5 square miles (27.2 km²), of which, 10.4 square miles (27.0 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.86%) is water.
There were 7,008 households out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.7% were married couples living together, 22.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.5% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.12.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 23.8% under the age of 18, 24.1% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 17.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females there were 84.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.9 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $27,488, and the median income for a family was $31,250. Males had a median income of $26,390 versus $18,637 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $11,774. About 20.5% of families and 24.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 37.9% of those under age 18 and 12.8% of those age 65 or over.