Bay vs Brookland

A side-by-side comparison of Bay and Brookland: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay and Brookland are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brookland has the higher population (4,230 vs 2,369 in Bay). Brookland has the higher median household income ($59,677 vs $58,000 in Bay). Brookland has the higher median home value ($163,500 vs $109,000 in Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Bay	Brookland
Population	2,369	4,230
Median age	31.7 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,000	$59,677
Median home value	$109,000	$163,500
Median gross rent	$1,013	$987
Housing units	949	1,716
Homeownership rate	47.3%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay	Brookland
Population	1,901 → 2,369 (+24.6%)	3,312 → 4,230 (+27.7%)
Median household income	$42,438 → $58,000 (+36.7%)	$44,092 → $59,677 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $109,000 (+31.6%)	$110,700 → $163,500 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $1,013 (+41.3%)	$748 → $987 (+32.0%)

Bay

Population

1,9012,369

Median household income

$42,438$58,000

Median home value

$82,800$109,000

Median gross rent

$717$1,013

Brookland

Population

3,3124,230

Median household income

$44,092$59,677

Median home value

$110,700$163,500

Median gross rent

$748$987

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay	Brookland
Under 5	13.7%	12.1%
5 to 17	20.3%	20.4%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	24.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	9.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	8.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	3.3%
75 and over	5.8%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay	Brookland
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	89.1%
Black or African American	1.8%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay	Brookland
No high school diploma	15.2%	12.0%
High school graduate	45.5%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay	Brookland
Drove alone	81.3%	88.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay	Brookland
1-unit, detached	78.8%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	14.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Bay	Brookland
Poverty rate	17.2%	11.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1976	2002