Brookside vs McDonald Chapel

A side-by-side comparison of Brookside and McDonald Chapel: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookside and McDonald Chapel are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brookside has the higher population (1,200 vs 704 in McDonald Chapel). McDonald Chapel has the higher median household income ($59,556 vs $43,750 in Brookside). McDonald Chapel has the higher median home value ($132,100 vs $108,700 in Brookside).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	McDonald Chapel
Population	1,200	704
Median age	45.6 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$59,556
Median home value	$108,700	$132,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,081
Housing units	549	342
Homeownership rate	65.8%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	30.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	McDonald Chapel
Population	1,217 → 1,200 (-1.4%)	573 → 704 (+22.9%)
Median household income	$38,482 → $43,750 (+13.7%)	$25,833 → $59,556 (+130.5%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $108,700 (+20.8%)	$61,300 → $132,100 (+115.5%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $781 (+20.0%)	$766 → $1,081 (+41.1%)

Brookside

Population

1,2171,200

Median household income

$38,482$43,750

Median home value

$90,000$108,700

Median gross rent

$651$781

McDonald Chapel

Population

573704

Median household income

$25,833$59,556

Median home value

$61,300$132,100

Median gross rent

$766$1,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	McDonald Chapel
Under 5	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.5%	18.6%
18 to 24	13.7%	12.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	19.6%
35 to 44	5.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	19.8%	15.8%
55 to 64	18.3%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	4.8%
75 and over	5.4%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	McDonald Chapel
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	32.7%
Black or African American	41.7%	58.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	McDonald Chapel
No high school diploma	15.4%	11.6%
High school graduate	47.5%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	McDonald Chapel
Drove alone	89.8%	58.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	29.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	11.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	McDonald Chapel
1-unit, detached	68.3%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.6%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	McDonald Chapel
Poverty rate	28.0%	11.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1971	1957