Brook Highland vs Meadowbrook

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

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

Meadowbrook has the higher population (8,939 vs 8,428 in Brook Highland). Meadowbrook has the higher median household income ($145,464 vs $87,143 in Brook Highland). Brook Highland has the higher median home value ($401,100 vs $390,100 in Meadowbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Brook Highland	Meadowbrook
Population	8,428	8,939
Median age	36.6 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$87,143	$145,464
Median home value	$401,100	$390,100
Median gross rent	$1,407	$1,276
Housing units	3,994	3,625
Homeownership rate	46.1%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.4%	72.6%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brook Highland	Meadowbrook
Population	7,147 → 8,428 (+17.9%)	9,468 → 8,939 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$57,184 → $87,143 (+52.4%)	$109,650 → $145,464 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$323,200 → $401,100 (+24.1%)	$299,200 → $390,100 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,029 → $1,407 (+36.7%)	$1,406 → $1,276 (-9.2%)

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

Meadowbrook

Population

9,4688,939

Median household income

$109,650$145,464

Median home value

$299,200$390,100

Median gross rent

$1,406$1,276

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brook Highland	Meadowbrook
Under 5	4.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	17.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	17.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	16.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	9.8%
75 and over	2.9%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brook Highland	Meadowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	80.3%
Black or African American	19.9%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brook Highland	Meadowbrook
No high school diploma	4.5%	0.6%
High school graduate	10.6%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	40.4%	43.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	28.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brook Highland	Meadowbrook
Drove alone	73.5%	76.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	20.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brook Highland	Meadowbrook
1-unit, detached	29.3%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	19.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	32.5%	15.4%
20 or more units	13.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brook Highland	Meadowbrook
Poverty rate	4.9%	6.6%
Average household size	2.18	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1994	1987