Brook Highland vs Columbiana

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

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

Brook Highland has the higher population (8,428 vs 4,640 in Columbiana). Brook Highland has the higher median household income ($87,143 vs $68,125 in Columbiana). Brook Highland has the higher median home value ($401,100 vs $237,800 in Columbiana).

Population, income & housing

	Brook Highland	Columbiana
Population	8,428	4,640
Median age	36.6 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,143	$68,125
Median home value	$401,100	$237,800
Median gross rent	$1,407	$890
Housing units	3,994	1,570
Homeownership rate	46.1%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.4%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brook Highland	Columbiana
Population	7,147 → 8,428 (+17.9%)	4,481 → 4,640 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$57,184 → $87,143 (+52.4%)	$36,583 → $68,125 (+86.2%)
Median home value	$323,200 → $401,100 (+24.1%)	$125,000 → $237,800 (+90.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,029 → $1,407 (+36.7%)	$593 → $890 (+50.1%)

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

Columbiana

Population

4,4814,640

Median household income

$36,583$68,125

Median home value

$125,000$237,800

Median gross rent

$593$890

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brook Highland	Columbiana
Under 5	4.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	17.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	17.4%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	19.1%
65 to 74	7.4%	9.7%
75 and over	2.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brook Highland	Columbiana
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	64.5%
Black or African American	19.9%	24.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	5.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brook Highland	Columbiana
No high school diploma	4.5%	17.6%
High school graduate	10.6%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.4%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brook Highland	Columbiana
Drove alone	73.5%	86.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	2.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brook Highland	Columbiana
1-unit, detached	29.3%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	19.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	32.5%	16.0%
20 or more units	13.3%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Brook Highland	Columbiana
Poverty rate	4.9%	14.7%
Average household size	2.18	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1994	1982