Brookwood vs Northport

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

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

Northport has the higher population (30,991 vs 2,489 in Brookwood). Brookwood has the higher median household income ($79,297 vs $77,781 in Northport). Northport has the higher median home value ($258,800 vs $181,900 in Brookwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brookwood	Northport
Population	2,489	30,991
Median age	33.4 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,297	$77,781
Median home value	$181,900	$258,800
Median gross rent	$1,140	$954
Housing units	1,064	13,196
Homeownership rate	90.1%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookwood	Northport
Population	2,139 → 2,489 (+16.4%)	25,874 → 30,991 (+19.8%)
Median household income	$64,226 → $79,297 (+23.5%)	$59,836 → $77,781 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$135,500 → $181,900 (+34.2%)	$177,200 → $258,800 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,080 → $1,140 (+5.6%)	$824 → $954 (+15.8%)

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

Northport

Population

25,87430,991

Median household income

$59,836$77,781

Median home value

$177,200$258,800

Median gross rent

$824$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookwood	Northport
Under 5	4.5%	7.9%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	10.6%	9.9%
25 to 34	22.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	4.8%	8.3%
75 and over	3.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookwood	Northport
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	66.2%
Black or African American	2.7%	26.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookwood	Northport
No high school diploma	10.4%	8.8%
High school graduate	29.0%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookwood	Northport
Drove alone	90.2%	85.5%
Carpooled	6.8%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookwood	Northport
1-unit, detached	83.0%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Brookwood	Northport
Poverty rate	7.0%	12.6%
Average household size	2.57	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	2001	1992