Brookside vs Glasgow

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

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

Glasgow has the higher population (16,095 vs 15,262 in Brookside). Glasgow has the higher median household income ($109,803 vs $72,031 in Brookside). Glasgow has the higher median home value ($346,200 vs $264,800 in Brookside).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Glasgow
Population	15,262	16,095
Median age	35.5 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,031	$109,803
Median home value	$264,800	$346,200
Median gross rent	$1,381	$1,821
Housing units	5,975	5,760
Homeownership rate	62.3%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Glasgow
Population	13,396 → 15,262 (+13.9%)	14,359 → 16,095 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$58,555 → $72,031 (+23.0%)	$93,209 → $109,803 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$197,200 → $264,800 (+34.3%)	$274,000 → $346,200 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,381 (+9.6%)	$1,377 → $1,821 (+32.2%)

Brookside

Population

13,39615,262

Median household income

$58,555$72,031

Median home value

$197,200$264,800

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,381

Glasgow

Population

14,35916,095

Median household income

$93,209$109,803

Median home value

$274,000$346,200

Median gross rent

$1,377$1,821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	Glasgow
Under 5	6.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	19.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.8%	16.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	16.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.9%
75 and over	5.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Glasgow
White (non-Hispanic)	49.7%	55.5%
Black or African American	20.8%	25.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Glasgow
No high school diploma	9.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	33.2%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Glasgow
Drove alone	74.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.2%
Public transit	2.2%	0.6%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.7%	13.7%
Other means	2.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Glasgow
1-unit, detached	63.2%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	31.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	Glasgow
Poverty rate	15.8%	7.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1967	1993