Brookwood vs Tuscaloosa

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

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

Tuscaloosa has the higher population (107,699 vs 2,489 in Brookwood). Brookwood has the higher median household income ($79,297 vs $48,536 in Tuscaloosa). Tuscaloosa has the higher median home value ($236,600 vs $181,900 in Brookwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brookwood	Tuscaloosa
Population	2,489	107,699
Median age	33.4 yrs	28.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,297	$48,536
Median home value	$181,900	$236,600
Median gross rent	$1,140	$1,005
Housing units	1,064	51,197
Homeownership rate	90.1%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookwood	Tuscaloosa
Population	2,139 → 2,489 (+16.4%)	99,390 → 107,699 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$64,226 → $79,297 (+23.5%)	$45,268 → $48,536 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$135,500 → $181,900 (+34.2%)	$178,900 → $236,600 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,080 → $1,140 (+5.6%)	$844 → $1,005 (+19.1%)

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

Tuscaloosa

Population

99,390107,699

Median household income

$45,268$48,536

Median home value

$178,900$236,600

Median gross rent

$844$1,005

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookwood	Tuscaloosa
Under 5	4.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.5%
18 to 24	10.6%	27.8%
25 to 34	22.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	8.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	8.7%
65 to 74	4.8%	8.5%
75 and over	3.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookwood	Tuscaloosa
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	47.7%
Black or African American	2.7%	42.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookwood	Tuscaloosa
No high school diploma	10.4%	8.7%
High school graduate	29.0%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookwood	Tuscaloosa
Drove alone	90.2%	76.2%
Carpooled	6.8%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	2.9%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookwood	Tuscaloosa
1-unit, detached	83.0%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Brookwood	Tuscaloosa
Poverty rate	7.0%	23.8%
Average household size	2.57	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	2001	1988