Brookside vs Minor

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

Brookside and Minor 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 911 in Minor). Brookside has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $32,065 in Minor). Brookside has the higher median home value ($108,700 vs $79,900 in Minor).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Minor
Population	1,200	911
Median age	45.6 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$32,065
Median home value	$108,700	$79,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,157
Housing units	549	468
Homeownership rate	65.8%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Minor
Population	1,217 → 1,200 (-1.4%)	843 → 911 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$38,482 → $43,750 (+13.7%)	$56,681 → $32,065 (-43.4%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $108,700 (+20.8%)	$80,600 → $79,900 (-0.9%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $781 (+20.0%)	$1,089 → $1,157 (+6.2%)

Brookside

Population

1,2171,200

Median household income

$38,482$43,750

Median home value

$90,000$108,700

Median gross rent

$651$781

Minor

Population

843911

Median household income

$56,681$32,065

Median home value

$80,600$79,900

Median gross rent

$1,089$1,157

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	Minor
Under 5	1.9%	14.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	21.2%
18 to 24	13.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	5.6%	10.1%
45 to 54	19.8%	10.6%
55 to 64	18.3%	7.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	12.6%
75 and over	5.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Minor
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	53.5%
Black or African American	41.7%	26.7%
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%	3.5%
Two or more races	0.7%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Minor
No high school diploma	15.4%	16.9%
High school graduate	47.5%	53.7%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Minor
Drove alone	89.8%	67.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	29.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	3.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Minor
1-unit, detached	68.3%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	Minor
Poverty rate	28.0%	11.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1971	1963