Brook Highland vs Chelsea

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

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

Chelsea has the higher population (15,731 vs 8,428 in Brook Highland). Chelsea has the higher median household income ($110,056 vs $87,143 in Brook Highland). Brook Highland has the higher median home value ($401,100 vs $339,400 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Brook Highland	Chelsea
Population	8,428	15,731
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$87,143	$110,056
Median home value	$401,100	$339,400
Median gross rent	$1,407	$1,456
Housing units	3,994	5,733
Homeownership rate	46.1%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.4%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brook Highland	Chelsea
Population	7,147 → 8,428 (+17.9%)	13,098 → 15,731 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$57,184 → $87,143 (+52.4%)	$97,727 → $110,056 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$323,200 → $401,100 (+24.1%)	$232,700 → $339,400 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,029 → $1,407 (+36.7%)	$1,448 → $1,456 (+0.6%)

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

Chelsea

Population

13,09815,731

Median household income

$97,727$110,056

Median home value

$232,700$339,400

Median gross rent

$1,448$1,456

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brook Highland	Chelsea
Under 5	4.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	21.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	17.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	17.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	11.0%
75 and over	2.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brook Highland	Chelsea
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	83.7%
Black or African American	19.9%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brook Highland	Chelsea
No high school diploma	4.5%	3.2%
High school graduate	10.6%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	40.4%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brook Highland	Chelsea
Drove alone	73.5%	80.1%
Carpooled	10.7%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	13.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brook Highland	Chelsea
1-unit, detached	29.3%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	19.3%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	32.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Brook Highland	Chelsea
Poverty rate	4.9%	2.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1994	2007