Brookside vs Howard

A side-by-side comparison of Brookside and Howard: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookside and Howard are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Howard has the higher population (1,159 vs 263 in Brookside). Howard has the higher median household income ($57,664 vs $57,321 in Brookside). Howard has the higher median home value ($386,500 vs $287,500 in Brookside).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Howard
Population	263	1,159
Median age	52.4 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,321	$57,664
Median home value	$287,500	$386,500
Median gross rent	$1,300	$488
Housing units	126	688
Homeownership rate	83.8%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	20.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Howard
Population	216 → 263 (+21.8%)	906 → 1,159 (+27.9%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $57,321 (-16.6%)	$77,981 → $57,664 (-26.1%)
Median home value	$172,900 → $287,500 (+66.3%)	$286,400 → $386,500 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,300 (+39.8%)	$1,069 → $488 (-54.3%)

Brookside

Population

216263

Median household income

$68,750$57,321

Median home value

$172,900$287,500

Median gross rent

$930$1,300

Howard

Population

9061,159

Median household income

$77,981$57,664

Median home value

$286,400$386,500

Median gross rent

$1,069$488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	Howard
Under 5	1.9%	1.4%
5 to 17	12.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	14.4%	18.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.0%
55 to 64	19.8%	8.9%
65 to 74	17.1%	25.7%
75 and over	5.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Howard
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.9%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Howard
No high school diploma	6.6%	0.8%
High school graduate	33.5%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Howard
Drove alone	71.4%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.2%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	9.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Howard
1-unit, detached	93.7%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	6.3%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	Howard
Poverty rate	12.5%	4.9%
Average household size	2.37	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1973	1977