The City of Brea is is nestled in the northeast foothills of Orange County and is home to more than 35,500 residents. It offers easy access to Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernadino Counties, and to many resorts, tourist attractions and beaches. It is 17y miles from the Orange County Airport, 25 miles from Ontario Airport and 48 miles to LAX.

Brea enjoys a wide variety of housing types, from quaint neighborhoods dating back to the 1920s to modern single-family developments, condominiums, planned apartment communities, townhouses and five mobile home parks. Sales prices of existing homes range from $160,000 to over $500,000.

The Brea Olinda Unified School District shows the results of their focus on quality education by consistently scoring above the 90th percentile in state and national achievement tests. The U.S. Department of Education has named Brea Olinda High School (BOHS) a National "Blue Ribbon" school, one of only 260 schools in the nation bearing that prestigious mark of excellence. In the past two years, 27 BOHS students were named national merit finalists. The City of Brea is served by the Brea Olinda Unified School District which operates six elementary schools, one junior high school, one high school and one alternative high school.