Brook Highland vs Highland Lakes

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

Brook Highland and Highland Lakes 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 5,673 in Highland Lakes). Highland Lakes has the higher median household income ($169,833 vs $87,143 in Brook Highland). Highland Lakes has the higher median home value ($562,600 vs $401,100 in Brook Highland).

Population, income & housing

	Brook Highland	Highland Lakes
Population	8,428	5,673
Median age	36.6 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,143	$169,833
Median home value	$401,100	$562,600
Median gross rent	$1,407	—
Housing units	3,994	2,219
Homeownership rate	46.1%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.4%	72.4%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brook Highland	Highland Lakes
Population	7,147 → 8,428 (+17.9%)	5,519 → 5,673 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$57,184 → $87,143 (+52.4%)	$152,774 → $169,833 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$323,200 → $401,100 (+24.1%)	$443,000 → $562,600 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,029 → $1,407 (+36.7%)	—

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

Highland Lakes

Population

5,5195,673

Median household income

$152,774$169,833

Median home value

$443,000$562,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brook Highland	Highland Lakes
Under 5	4.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	13.6%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	17.5%	5.8%
35 to 44	17.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	17.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.3%
75 and over	2.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brook Highland	Highland Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	82.5%
Black or African American	19.9%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brook Highland	Highland Lakes
No high school diploma	4.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	10.6%	6.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	16.8%
Bachelor's degree	40.4%	48.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brook Highland	Highland Lakes
Drove alone	73.5%	74.6%
Carpooled	10.7%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	21.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brook Highland	Highland Lakes
1-unit, detached	29.3%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	19.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	32.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brook Highland	Highland Lakes
Poverty rate	4.9%	4.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1994	2005