Brookside vs Hockessin

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

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

Brookside has the higher population (15,262 vs 13,608 in Hockessin). Hockessin has the higher median household income ($172,695 vs $72,031 in Brookside). Hockessin has the higher median home value ($550,200 vs $264,800 in Brookside).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Hockessin
Population	15,262	13,608
Median age	35.5 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,031	$172,695
Median home value	$264,800	$550,200
Median gross rent	$1,381	$2,980
Housing units	5,975	4,976
Homeownership rate	62.3%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	65.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Hockessin
Population	13,396 → 15,262 (+13.9%)	13,157 → 13,608 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$58,555 → $72,031 (+23.0%)	$128,412 → $172,695 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$197,200 → $264,800 (+34.3%)	$441,200 → $550,200 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,381 (+9.6%)	$1,785 → $2,980 (+66.9%)

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

Hockessin

Population

13,15713,608

Median household income

$128,412$172,695

Median home value

$441,200$550,200

Median gross rent

$1,785$2,980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	Hockessin
Under 5	6.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	19.2%	6.5%
35 to 44	15.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	13.4%
75 and over	5.3%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Hockessin
White (non-Hispanic)	49.7%	80.5%
Black or African American	20.8%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Hockessin
No high school diploma	9.7%	1.9%
High school graduate	33.2%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	31.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Hockessin
Drove alone	74.3%	70.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	3.5%
Public transit	2.2%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	22.1%
Other means	2.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Hockessin
1-unit, detached	63.2%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	Hockessin
Poverty rate	15.8%	1.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1967	1980