Brookside vs Newark

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

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

Newark has the higher population (30,309 vs 15,262 in Brookside). Brookside has the higher median household income ($72,031 vs $71,373 in Newark). Newark has the higher median home value ($357,600 vs $264,800 in Brookside).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Newark
Population	15,262	30,309
Median age	35.5 yrs	22.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,031	$71,373
Median home value	$264,800	$357,600
Median gross rent	$1,381	$1,611
Housing units	5,975	10,002
Homeownership rate	62.3%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Newark
Population	13,396 → 15,262 (+13.9%)	33,448 → 30,309 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$58,555 → $72,031 (+23.0%)	$58,434 → $71,373 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$197,200 → $264,800 (+34.3%)	$277,800 → $357,600 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,381 (+9.6%)	$1,308 → $1,611 (+23.2%)

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

Newark

Population

33,44830,309

Median household income

$58,434$71,373

Median home value

$277,800$357,600

Median gross rent

$1,308$1,611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	Newark
Under 5	6.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	9.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	45.9%
25 to 34	19.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.8%	7.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	6.3%
55 to 64	12.3%	6.9%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.3%
75 and over	5.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Newark
White (non-Hispanic)	49.7%	65.9%
Black or African American	20.8%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.9%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Newark
No high school diploma	9.7%	3.1%
High school graduate	33.2%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Newark
Drove alone	74.3%	58.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.5%
Public transit	2.2%	2.4%
Walked	0.4%	13.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	2.1%
Worked from home	12.7%	17.1%
Other means	2.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Newark
1-unit, detached	63.2%	41.6%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	15.1%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	20.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	17.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	Newark
Poverty rate	15.8%	27.1%
Average household size	2.65	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1967	1977