Brookland vs Lake City

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

Brookland and Lake City 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 2,452 in Lake City). Brookland has the higher median household income ($59,677 vs $57,449 in Lake City). Brookland has the higher median home value ($163,500 vs $125,500 in Lake City).

Population, income & housing

	Brookland	Lake City
Population	4,230	2,452
Median age	27.3 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,677	$57,449
Median home value	$163,500	$125,500
Median gross rent	$987	$827
Housing units	1,716	1,116
Homeownership rate	54.5%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookland	Lake City
Population	3,312 → 4,230 (+27.7%)	2,465 → 2,452 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$44,092 → $59,677 (+35.3%)	$47,222 → $57,449 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$110,700 → $163,500 (+47.7%)	$93,500 → $125,500 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $987 (+32.0%)	$838 → $827 (-1.3%)

Brookland

Population

3,3124,230

Median household income

$44,092$59,677

Median home value

$110,700$163,500

Median gross rent

$748$987

Lake City

Population

2,4652,452

Median household income

$47,222$57,449

Median home value

$93,500$125,500

Median gross rent

$838$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookland	Lake City
Under 5	12.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	20.4%	15.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	24.8%	22.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	7.0%
45 to 54	9.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	8.7%	8.2%
65 to 74	3.3%	8.2%
75 and over	3.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookland	Lake City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	91.4%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookland	Lake City
No high school diploma	12.0%	13.2%
High school graduate	46.5%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookland	Lake City
Drove alone	88.0%	90.0%
Carpooled	8.9%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookland	Lake City
1-unit, detached	52.3%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Brookland	Lake City
Poverty rate	11.8%	13.4%
Average household size	2.67	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	2002	1982