Brooklyn vs South Woodstock

A side-by-side comparison of Brooklyn and South Woodstock: population, income, housing, and more.

Brooklyn and South Woodstock are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South Woodstock has the higher population (1,294 vs 1,045 in Brooklyn). Brooklyn has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $88,182 in South Woodstock). South Woodstock has the higher median home value ($248,500 vs $227,700 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	South Woodstock
Population	1,045	1,294
Median age	42.6 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$88,182
Median home value	$227,700	$248,500
Median gross rent	$1,480	$1,179
Housing units	263	661
Homeownership rate	63.1%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	55.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	South Woodstock
Population	827 → 1,045 (+26.4%)	1,408 → 1,294 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$49,766 → $88,750 (+78.3%)	$78,750 → $88,182 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$243,400 → $227,700 (-6.5%)	$235,100 → $248,500 (+5.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,305 → $1,480 (+13.4%)	$1,121 → $1,179 (+5.2%)

Brooklyn

Population

8271,045

Median household income

$49,766$88,750

Median home value

$243,400$227,700

Median gross rent

$1,305$1,480

South Woodstock

Population

1,4081,294

Median household income

$78,750$88,182

Median home value

$235,100$248,500

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	South Woodstock
Under 5	1.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	1.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	25.6%	20.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	7.0%
45 to 54	19.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.2%
75 and over	10.6%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	South Woodstock
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	94.3%
Black or African American	6.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	4.8%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	South Woodstock
No high school diploma	14.6%	2.9%
High school graduate	43.8%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	26.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	South Woodstock
Drove alone	86.6%	81.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	13.4%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	South Woodstock
1-unit, detached	44.1%	38.4%
1-unit, attached	28.5%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	23.2%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	29.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	South Woodstock
Poverty rate	6.3%	2.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1955	1983