Brookwood vs Vance

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

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

Brookwood has the higher population (2,489 vs 1,822 in Vance). Brookwood has the higher median household income ($79,297 vs $76,654 in Vance). Vance has the higher median home value ($208,600 vs $181,900 in Brookwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brookwood	Vance
Population	2,489	1,822
Median age	33.4 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,297	$76,654
Median home value	$181,900	$208,600
Median gross rent	$1,140	$1,094
Housing units	1,064	671
Homeownership rate	90.1%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookwood	Vance
Population	2,139 → 2,489 (+16.4%)	1,519 → 1,822 (+19.9%)
Median household income	$64,226 → $79,297 (+23.5%)	$72,031 → $76,654 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$135,500 → $181,900 (+34.2%)	$135,800 → $208,600 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,080 → $1,140 (+5.6%)	$985 → $1,094 (+11.1%)

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

Vance

Population

1,5191,822

Median household income

$72,031$76,654

Median home value

$135,800$208,600

Median gross rent

$985$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookwood	Vance
Under 5	4.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	10.6%	20.3%
25 to 34	22.4%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	8.2%
65 to 74	4.8%	4.6%
75 and over	3.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookwood	Vance
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	85.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookwood	Vance
No high school diploma	10.4%	8.0%
High school graduate	29.0%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookwood	Vance
Drove alone	90.2%	91.2%
Carpooled	6.8%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookwood	Vance
1-unit, detached	83.0%	85.8%
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%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Brookwood	Vance
Poverty rate	7.0%	7.6%
Average household size	2.57	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	2001	2004