Brook Highland vs Calera

A side-by-side comparison of Brook Highland and Calera: population, income, housing, and more.

Brook Highland and Calera are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Calera has the higher population (17,188 vs 8,428 in Brook Highland). Brook Highland has the higher median household income ($87,143 vs $82,441 in Calera). Brook Highland has the higher median home value ($401,100 vs $214,200 in Calera).

Population, income & housing

	Brook Highland	Calera
Population	8,428	17,188
Median age	36.6 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,143	$82,441
Median home value	$401,100	$214,200
Median gross rent	$1,407	$1,505
Housing units	3,994	6,611
Homeownership rate	46.1%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.4%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brook Highland	Calera
Population	7,147 → 8,428 (+17.9%)	13,856 → 17,188 (+24.0%)
Median household income	$57,184 → $87,143 (+52.4%)	$61,594 → $82,441 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$323,200 → $401,100 (+24.1%)	$148,000 → $214,200 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,029 → $1,407 (+36.7%)	$1,068 → $1,505 (+40.9%)

Brook Highland

Population

7,1478,428

Median household income

$57,184$87,143

Median home value

$323,200$401,100

Median gross rent

$1,029$1,407

Calera

Population

13,85617,188

Median household income

$61,594$82,441

Median home value

$148,000$214,200

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,505

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brook Highland	Calera
Under 5	4.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	17.5%	18.7%
35 to 44	17.4%	17.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	7.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	4.8%
75 and over	2.9%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brook Highland	Calera
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	56.8%
Black or African American	19.9%	32.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brook Highland	Calera
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.4%
High school graduate	10.6%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	40.4%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brook Highland	Calera
Drove alone	73.5%	80.4%
Carpooled	10.7%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	12.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brook Highland	Calera
1-unit, detached	29.3%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	19.3%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	32.5%	2.2%
20 or more units	13.3%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Brook Highland	Calera
Poverty rate	4.9%	6.7%
Average household size	2.18	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1994	2007