Brookside vs North Star

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

Brookside and North Star 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 8,178 in North Star). North Star has the higher median household income ($167,664 vs $72,031 in Brookside). North Star has the higher median home value ($566,500 vs $264,800 in Brookside).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	North Star
Population	15,262	8,178
Median age	35.5 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,031	$167,664
Median home value	$264,800	$566,500
Median gross rent	$1,381	—
Housing units	5,975	3,223
Homeownership rate	62.3%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	70.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	North Star
Population	13,396 → 15,262 (+13.9%)	7,503 → 8,178 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$58,555 → $72,031 (+23.0%)	$137,917 → $167,664 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$197,200 → $264,800 (+34.3%)	$445,900 → $566,500 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,381 (+9.6%)	$1,882 → $1,479 (-21.4%)

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

North Star

Population

7,5038,178

Median household income

$137,917$167,664

Median home value

$445,900$566,500

Median gross rent

$1,882$1,479

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	North Star
Under 5	6.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	19.2%	3.7%
35 to 44	15.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	22.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.7%
75 and over	5.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	North Star
White (non-Hispanic)	49.7%	79.0%
Black or African American	20.8%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	11.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	North Star
No high school diploma	9.7%	1.6%
High school graduate	33.2%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	42.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	North Star
Drove alone	74.3%	75.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	3.2%
Public transit	2.2%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	16.1%
Other means	2.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	North Star
1-unit, detached	63.2%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	North Star
Poverty rate	15.8%	2.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1967	1988