Brookwood vs Lake View

A side-by-side comparison of Brookwood and Lake View: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookwood and Lake View are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake View has the higher population (4,238 vs 2,489 in Brookwood). Lake View has the higher median household income ($96,409 vs $79,297 in Brookwood). Lake View has the higher median home value ($285,700 vs $181,900 in Brookwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brookwood	Lake View
Population	2,489	4,238
Median age	33.4 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,297	$96,409
Median home value	$181,900	$285,700
Median gross rent	$1,140	$1,022
Housing units	1,064	1,496
Homeownership rate	90.1%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookwood	Lake View
Population	2,139 → 2,489 (+16.4%)	2,452 → 4,238 (+72.8%)
Median household income	$64,226 → $79,297 (+23.5%)	$82,455 → $96,409 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$135,500 → $181,900 (+34.2%)	$208,400 → $285,700 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,080 → $1,140 (+5.6%)	$1,393 → $1,022 (-26.6%)

Brookwood

Population

2,1392,489

Median household income

$64,226$79,297

Median home value

$135,500$181,900

Median gross rent

$1,080$1,140

Lake View

Population

2,4524,238

Median household income

$82,455$96,409

Median home value

$208,400$285,700

Median gross rent

$1,393$1,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookwood	Lake View
Under 5	4.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	22.4%	16.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	20.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	4.8%	8.5%
75 and over	3.4%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookwood	Lake View
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	60.9%
Black or African American	2.7%	30.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookwood	Lake View
No high school diploma	10.4%	3.9%
High school graduate	29.0%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookwood	Lake View
Drove alone	90.2%	90.1%
Carpooled	6.8%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookwood	Lake View
1-unit, detached	83.0%	99.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Brookwood	Lake View
Poverty rate	7.0%	3.3%
Average household size	2.57	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	2001	2003