Brooklyn vs Wauregan

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

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

Wauregan has the higher population (1,209 vs 1,045 in Brooklyn). Wauregan has the higher median household income ($90,625 vs $88,750 in Brooklyn). Wauregan has the higher median home value ($240,400 vs $227,700 in Brooklyn).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Wauregan
Population	1,045	1,209
Median age	42.6 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,750	$90,625
Median home value	$227,700	$240,400
Median gross rent	$1,480	$1,175
Housing units	263	484
Homeownership rate	63.1%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Wauregan
Population	827 → 1,045 (+26.4%)	1,458 → 1,209 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$49,766 → $88,750 (+78.3%)	$80,119 → $90,625 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$243,400 → $227,700 (-6.5%)	$160,900 → $240,400 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,305 → $1,480 (+13.4%)	$1,129 → $1,175 (+4.1%)

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

Wauregan

Population

1,4581,209

Median household income

$80,119$90,625

Median home value

$160,900$240,400

Median gross rent

$1,129$1,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Wauregan
Under 5	1.5%	10.5%
5 to 17	1.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	25.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	16.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	19.1%	19.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	6.4%
75 and over	10.6%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Wauregan
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	67.5%
Black or African American	6.4%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	14.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Wauregan
No high school diploma	14.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	43.8%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Wauregan
Drove alone	86.6%	85.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Wauregan
1-unit, detached	44.1%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	28.5%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	23.2%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Wauregan
Poverty rate	6.3%	8.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1955	1958