Brookside vs Rock Creek

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

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

Rock Creek has the higher population (1,313 vs 1,200 in Brookside). Rock Creek has the higher median household income ($80,063 vs $43,750 in Brookside). Rock Creek has the higher median home value ($156,900 vs $108,700 in Brookside).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Rock Creek
Population	1,200	1,313
Median age	45.6 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$80,063
Median home value	$108,700	$156,900
Housing units	549	623
Homeownership rate	65.8%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Rock Creek
Population	1,217 → 1,200 (-1.4%)	1,508 → 1,313 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$38,482 → $43,750 (+13.7%)	$61,655 → $80,063 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $108,700 (+20.8%)	$115,000 → $156,900 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $781 (+20.0%)	—

Brookside

Population

1,2171,200

Median household income

$38,482$43,750

Median home value

$90,000$108,700

Median gross rent

$651$781

Rock Creek

Population

1,5081,313

Median household income

$61,655$80,063

Median home value

$115,000$156,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	Rock Creek
Under 5	1.9%	2.6%
5 to 17	12.5%	2.4%
18 to 24	13.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	6.4%
35 to 44	5.6%	15.9%
45 to 54	19.8%	17.6%
55 to 64	18.3%	21.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	18.0%
75 and over	5.4%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Rock Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	91.5%
Black or African American	41.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Rock Creek
No high school diploma	15.4%	21.1%
High school graduate	47.5%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Rock Creek
Drove alone	89.8%	86.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	4.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Rock Creek
1-unit, detached	68.3%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	Rock Creek
Poverty rate	28.0%	7.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1971	1978