Brookside vs Sylvan Springs

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

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

Sylvan Springs has the higher population (1,559 vs 1,200 in Brookside). Sylvan Springs has the higher median household income ($78,214 vs $43,750 in Brookside). Sylvan Springs has the higher median home value ($197,300 vs $108,700 in Brookside).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Sylvan Springs
Population	1,200	1,559
Median age	45.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$78,214
Median home value	$108,700	$197,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,092
Housing units	549	645
Homeownership rate	65.8%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Sylvan Springs
Population	1,217 → 1,200 (-1.4%)	1,890 → 1,559 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$38,482 → $43,750 (+13.7%)	$70,368 → $78,214 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $108,700 (+20.8%)	$161,200 → $197,300 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $781 (+20.0%)	$761 → $1,092 (+43.5%)

Brookside

Population

1,2171,200

Median household income

$38,482$43,750

Median home value

$90,000$108,700

Median gross rent

$651$781

Sylvan Springs

Population

1,8901,559

Median household income

$70,368$78,214

Median home value

$161,200$197,300

Median gross rent

$761$1,092

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	Sylvan Springs
Under 5	1.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	13.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.5%
35 to 44	5.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	19.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	18.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.7%
75 and over	5.4%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Sylvan Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	85.8%
Black or African American	41.7%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Sylvan Springs
No high school diploma	15.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	47.5%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Sylvan Springs
Drove alone	89.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	8.3%
Other means	1.5%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Sylvan Springs
1-unit, detached	68.3%	90.2%
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%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	Sylvan Springs
Poverty rate	28.0%	5.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1971	1978